A famous rapper Kid Cali was shot in the California Los Angeles community was violently shot to death while attending a party that was being held at a multimillion-dollar mansion in the Granada Hills area on Saturday, according to friends and witnesses.
According to the Los Angeles police the shooting occurred in the 12400 block of Longacre Avenue at about 9 p.m. According to witnesses, Justin Lishey, who is also known in the Los Angeles hip-hop community as the rapper Kid Cali, he is also known recently as Cali Oso. His friends said Kid Cali was shot and killed in the backyard during the party.
According to Dorthea DeVilla a close friend of Kid Cali said
“We just heard gunshots, everybody instantly just ducked and everybody started running. Music is his life, that’s all he talked about, I lost a really, really, really good person in my life and it’s like… it really hasn’t registered.” Dorthea DeVilla recalled.”
Devilla said that she had seen Kid Cali involved in some sort of altercation in the backyard.
She said
“He’s a great person, he has a good heart and he’s going to be missed,” DeVilla said. “He’s going to be missed, not just by me, but by everybody.”
LAPD said that the party was advertised on social media and that anyone could attend who paid an entrance fee. The gunman fled the party after the shooting. The tragic shooting of the rapper Kid Cali is only the latest in a logn line of rapper who have died in gun violence. Rapper Snoop Dogg paid tribute to Kid Cali on his Instagram, posting a photo of Kid Cali and saying, “@kidcali_oso rest well young g.”
Police urged anyone with information that could aid detectives in their investigation to call Det. Dave Peteque with the Los Angeles Police Department at (818) 374-1934.
Anyone wishing to remain anonymous may submit tips to Crimestoppers at (800) 222-8477.