The Los Angeles Times reports that Atlanta-based rapper Dolla (né Anthony Burton II) was shot and killed outside of Los Angeles' Beverly Center shopping mall just after 3 p.m. PDT on Monday. Though the Los Angeles Police Dept. would not confirm the identity of the victim, the Times reports that Dolla's publicist, Sue Vannasing, confirmed to the newspaper that her client was shot outside the mall, while waiting with fellow rapper D.J. Shabbazz. Dolla is believed to be in his early twenties.

The shooting reportedly occurred during a group melee, possibly also involving a knife. Police have detained a person of interest, whom the LAPD would not name and said had not yet been arrested. Dolla is perhaps best known for the single "Feelin' Myself," which was featured in the 2006 dance film Step Up.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/05/man-fatally-shot-at-entrance-to-beverly-center-.html

Wow, why does this not surprise me? :eek: :confused: ohno:

A Georgia man has been arrested for investigation of murder in the fatal shooting of Atlanta-based rapper Dolla.

Los Angeles police said in a statement Tuesday that 23-year-old Aubrey Louis Berry of Georgia was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport with a gun on Monday night. His bail was set at $1 million.

Los Angeles County Coroner's spokesman Ed Winter said the man shot and killed Monday afternoon outside the Beverly Center was 21-year-old Roderick Anthony Burton II.

According to a report in TMZ, on Monday evening LAX police spotted Berry in Terminal 1. As cops approached him, he reportedly raised his hands and told cops not to shoot, but that he had a 9 millimeter handgun in his waistband.

According to the Atlanta-Journal Constitution, another male and a female with Berry were also being questioned, but had not been charged in connection with the shooting.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,520635,00.html