The singer called the police for help, saying he feared for his life. Residents of his neighborhood held him responsible for the death of his friend, who died in a brawl.
In Essonne, the rapper YKM was saved by the police while residents were preparing, on the night of Friday to Saturday, October 8, to lynch him, indicated to the Figaro a police source, confirming information from the Parisian . The young man would have attracted the hatred of certain inhabitants of the Hautes-Mardelles district, in Brunoy, when rumors that he had killed his best friend began to circulate in the city.
Violent brawl
It was the rapper himself who called the police. Around 6 a.m., he alerted the authorities to the fact that his life would be in danger. He told law enforcement,want to surrenderin the face of a murder of which he is accused. The young man then explains that, during a brawl which took place a little earlier in the night and opposed him to individuals armed with knives and residing in Villecresnes (Val-de-Marne), he would have brandished a gun , with which he would have struck his assailants with the butt, reports to the Figaro a police source. In the heat of the moment, and while he had his finger on the trigger, he would have, still according to his words, inadvertently provoked a shot which would have been fatal to his best friend. The 20-year-old victim died after being shot in the chest.
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The YKM rapper was able to be intercepted and protected as he left his home and several people tried to take his life. All the Essonne police forces on duty were present and succeeded in repelling the fifty or so belligerents “who beat him“, specifies the same source. According to our information, the singer was immediately taken to the hospital, before being placed in police custody in the premises of the judicial police of Versailles as part of an investigation for intentional homicide and aggravated violence.
Three other individuals were also taken into custody. According to the Evry prosecution, the circumstances and the precise reason for the confrontation have yet to be determined. According to a source familiar with the matter, the first elements of the investigation suggest that it is not a brawl between young people from rival neighborhoods, as Essonne has known in recent years.
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