Police are investigating whether location-tagged Instagram post prompted PnB Rock shooting

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fatally shot in South Los Angeles at the Roscoe’s Chicken & Waffles restaurant around 1pm on Monday (September 12). The rapper had been at the eatery with his girlfriend, who posted a location-tagged photo in a since-deleted Instagram post shortly prior to the attack.The assailant, who police are attempting to identify by examining security footage from inside the restaurant and surrounding businesses, pulled out a firearm in the restaurant and demanded items from Rock.

According to police, Rock was shot almost immediately during the robbery, and died shortly after being taken to hospital.Rock “was with his family – with his girlfriend or some kind of friend of his – and as they’re there, enjoying a simple meal, [he] was brutally attacked by an individual who apparently [came] to the location after a social media posting,” Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore said on Tuesday (September 13).Nicki Minaj has likened Rock’s death to that of Pop Smoke, who was murdered in a home invasion in 2020.

Days before his killing, Smoke posted images to social media which identified the address he was staying at, potentially tipping off his attackers to his whereabouts.“After Pop Smoke there’s no way we as rappers or our loved ones are still posting locations to our whereabouts,” Minaj wrote on Twitter. “To show waffles & some fried chicken????!

He was such a pleasure to work with. Condolences to his mom & family. This makes me feel so sick. Jesus.”After Pop Smoke there’s no way we as rappers or our loved ones are still posting locations to our whereabouts.