2 people killed and 5 injured during a late-night shootout at rapper Yo Gotti’s restaurant Prive

Rapper Yo Gotti’s Prive restaurant in Memphis was the scene of a deadly shooting Wednesday night.

Memphis police reported that officers responded to a shooting at the restaurant (6980 Winchester) in the Hickory Hill neighborhood of Memphis.

Police found two male victims with gunshot wounds at the scene, one of whom was pronounced dead at the scene, and the other was transported to Regional One Health in Memphis, and later pronounced dead.

Five other shooting victims, a 35-year-old man, a 30-year-old man, a 25-year-old woman, a 37-year-old man and a 31-year-old man, were also taken to local hospitals in private vehicles.

No suspects have been arrested in connection with the shooting at this time, and Memphis police ask anyone with knowledge of the shooting to call 901-528-CASH.

Shooting: Memphis police reported that officers responded to a shooting at the restaurant (6980 Winchester) in the Hickory Hill neighborhood of Memphis.

Memphis police say the shooting stemmed from an altercation that occurred inside the restaurant that later spilled over into the parking lot.

Local news affiliate Fox 11 claimed evidence markers at the scene revealed more than 40 rounds were fired during the shooting.

Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland said in a statement: “These senseless killings have to stop. Our gun laws in our country and state need to be reevaluated; we need common sense rules that limit easy access to these weapons.’

“In addition, our judicial systems must have zero tolerance for guns and violent crime,” added the mayor.

Arthur Horne, a lawyer for the restaurant’s owners, said: “On behalf of Prive, they have been in business for ten years and nothing like this has ever happened at their establishment.”

It happened in the parking lot and ended in a shootout. Nothing happened inside the restaurant,” Horne confirmed.

“Despite conflicting reports, they were closing and this happened late at night in the parking lot,” the lawyer added.

Yo Gotti (born Mario Sentell Giden Mims) was not in the restaurant at the time of the shooting, and is not even said to be in Memphis.

Police: Memphis police say the shooting stemmed from an altercation that occurred inside the restaurant that later spilled over into the parking lot.

Victims: Memphis police say the shooting stemmed from an altercation that occurred inside the restaurant that later spilled over into the parking lot.

The rapper is part of a group that owns the restaurant and it is believed that the rapper bought the restaurant for his mother.

The rapper was born in the Frayser neighborhood of Memphis and began rapping as a teenager under the name Lil Yo.

He released a series of independent albums between 2000 and 2006 before his debut studio album Live From the Kitchen debuted in 2012 after many delays.

He would go on to release I Am in 2013, The Art of the Hustle in 2016, I Still Am in 2017, Untrapped in 2020, and CM10: Free Game in 2022.

I Am was nominated for Album of the Year at the 2014 BET Hip-Hop Awards and was nominated for Best Collaboration, Duo or Group for “Rake It Up” (with Nicki Minaj) and Best Mixtape for Gotti Made-It (with Mike Will Lo). achieved) in 2017.

He would go on to form the Collective Music Group, with his cousin Brandon Mims serving as the label’s current president.

The label is the current recording home of artists such as Moneybagg Yo, Blac Youngsta, BlocBoy JB, 42 Dugg, EST Gee, Mozzy, Lil Poppa, Lehla Samia, GloRilla, Lil Migo and Big Boogie.

Owner: The rapper is part of a group that owns the restaurant, and it is believed that the rapper bought the restaurant for his mother.

Early days: The rapper was born in the Frayser neighborhood of Memphis and began rapping as a teenager under the name Lil Yo.