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Friday, June 8, 2012
Atlanta rapper Lil Phat gunned down in hospital parking lot (R.I.P.)
Atlanta rapper Lil Phat was gunned down in the parking lot of a
Georgia hospital, police said Friday, as they hunted two men seen
running from the scene.
The rapper -- real name Melvin Vernell III -- was killed about 6:40pm
Thursday outside Northside Hospital in Sandy Springs north of Atlanta, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
Vernell, 19, was found dead in a vehicle after gunfire was heard by hospital staff. A motive was not yet known.
A policeman said one of the two black men seen running away from the
parking lot was short, wearing a red shirt, while the second was a tall
man dressed in all black.
State Sen. Charlie Bethel (R-Dalton) was visiting a patient at the
hospital at the time and was among a group of visitors corralled for two
hours in an empty room.
"As we arrived, there was a disturbance in the parking lot," he told
the Journal-Constitution. "Another family said that as they were
beginning to leave, they heard shots and were hurried back into the
hospital."
Lil Phat was best known for his appearance on the 2008 hit "Independent" by Webbie and Lil Boosie, MTV.com reported.
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