NEW YORK (AP) - Police say a bodyguard shot a member of a rapper’s entourage in front of a Manhattan restaurant.
The shooting in front of Philippe Chow on the Upper East Side happened just before 6 p.m. Friday.
Police say the victim was part of a group trying to enter the restaurant with rapper Daniel Hernandez, who performs as Tekashi69 or 6ix9ine.
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Hernandez was in court earlier Friday and was granted probation instead of jail time in connection with a video he made of a 13-year-old girl having sex.
Deputy Inspector Kathleen Walsh said a private security guard fired a licensed gun at a man who had hit him with a chair. The wounded man was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.
Hernandez’s attorney, Lance Lazzaro, says his client was not present during the shooting.
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