Eugene “Big U” Henley, a former rapper and the son of a high-ranking gang leader and music executive, was shot dead on Halloween night in Los Angeles, according to reports.

Henley was shot down outside his smoke shop on the corner of 69th Street and Figueroa Street in South Los Angeles around 11 p.m., according to the New York Post .

“The victim, described as a 34-year-old Black male, walked up to the suspect vehicle when an unknown suspect or suspects shot at him,” the Los Angeles Police said in a statement on Friday.

The L.A. Police Dept. said that Henley had walked up to a car when someone opened fire. The suspects then fled the scene. The LAPD did not identify Henley by name in its statement, but several subsequent reports identified the music producer’s son as the victim. The p

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