In what the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office described as an attempted robbery on the rapper and two of his pals.
New York rapper Lil Tjay was shot after midnight on Wednesday, June 22.
According to a press release from the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office, the shooting happened at shopping center 14 The Promenade in Edgewater. When the Edgewater Police Department arrived at the address in response to a 911 call at 12:08 a.m. ET, they discovered a 22-year-old victim suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.
Officers discovered another victim of the same age with a single gunshot wound at a different place, at Exxon Station. Both were sent to a hospital for medical attention.
The rapper, whose real name is Tione Merritt, as well as Jeffrey Valdez, 24, and Antoine Boyd, 22, both of the Bronx, who were with him, were shot at, according to prosecutors, who announced the arrest of Mohamed Konate, 27, of New York City, on charges of attempted murder, armed robbery, and weapons offenses.
Boyd was also hurt in the storm and Tjay was strucked numerous times, according to the prosecution's Wednesday night statement.
While the other victim was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries and is in "good" condition, prosecutors originally claimed that one victim was rushed to the hospital in critical condition but was at that time regarded as stable.
