In a rather shocking turn of events, rapper Lil Tjay was reportedly shot at a shopping promenade in New Jersey on Wednesday.
As per a latest TMZ report, the Leaked rapper underwent an emergency surgery following the shocking incident and he is currently recovering from the same. Officers with the Edgewater Police Department "responded to a shooting at The Promenade in Edgewater at 12:08 a.m. and found a 22-year-old victim with gunshot wounds."
The Bergen County Prosecutor`s Office (BCPO) report suggested that a second victim, 22, suffered a single gunshot wound at a nearby Exxon gas station, and both victims were rushed to a local hospital. The BCPO later shared that one of the hospitalized victims had been upgraded from critical to stable condition. Unfortunately, the other was in a good condition with non-life-threatening injuries, People reported.
However, officials did not name either person involved.
For the uninitiated, Tjay is popularly know for sharing his own music on SoundCloud, and eventually released his debut studio album True 2 Myself in 2019 on Columbia Records. His song F.N. has more than 523 million streams on Spotify, and he has more than 7 million followers on Instagram.
After learning about the shocking incident, The Kid Laroi and French Montana took to social media and expressed concern about the artist's health.
'PRAY FOR TJAY' The Kid Laroi wrote on Twitter.
Tjay, who suffered injuries in an unfortunate incident, was scheduled to perform at the Nickelodeon Universe Theme Park in American Dream Mall on July 22 as well as a slew of music festivals in Europe.
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