NEW YORK, NY. (THECOUNT) — According to multiple sources, one of rapper Nipsey Hussle‘s good friends, Arsenio Gravesande, was shot dead Tuesday in New York.

Gravesande, 28, a known member of the Crips and community leader, was struck by gunfire in his left hip. When police officers rushed to assist, he reportedly cursed them out using his final breaths.

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Officers had asked Gravesande if he knew his shooter, and with his last bit of energy, Gravesande mustered up enough to blurt out the following statement: “F**k you, son!”

Gravesande’s refusal to help the police identify his shooter came after five fatal shootings were reportedly recorded within twenty-four hours in New York, reports HotNewHipHop.

Many are mourning the life of a man who they say brought the community together in Brownsville. Arsenio Gravesande, 28, was one of five New York City homicide victims in a span of 24 hours. News 12 go

Gravesande was a friend of Hussle, having been photographed with the late rapper several times during his lifetime.

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