STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN. (THECOUNT) — TMZ is reporting that Henrik Olsson Lilja, the lawyer who initially represented rapper A$AP Rocky in his Swedish assault case, was shot in an apparent “ambush,” Friday morning, according to reports.
Lilja was reportedly exiting his apartment building early Friday morning in downtown Stockholm when a gunman opened fire striking the lawyer the head and the chest.
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TMZ says the lawyer was inside the building at the time of the attack.
The gunman jumped into a waiting SUV, which then sped off.
The lawyer’s condition is unknown, but TMZ says he actually was able to use a phone to call for help.
TMZ said they are in possession of a photo depicting Lilja on the street and the head, saying the injury was “too gruesome to post.”
The shooter is still at large.
A Swedish court found the rapper guilty of assault for his role in a June 30 street brawl in Stockholm.
The artist, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, earlier pleaded self-defense and said he had tried to avoid a confrontation with two men who he said were persistently following his entourage.
The previously jailed Rapper A$AP Rocky is finally getting his day in court entering a not guilty plea in a Swedish court Tuesday, according to reports.
Renee Black, the rapper’s mother, was escorted through the crowd of reporters, photographers and onlookers outside the Stockholm courthouse Tuesday morning.
Once the trial began, the rapper’s attorney told the judge A$AP is pleading not guilty to assault, and said his client was acting in self-defense, reports TMZ.
The trial could go on for up to 2 more days, but it’s unclear if prosecutors and A$AP’s team will need that much time to present their cases.
The rapper is facing “serious charges,” following his arrested over a street fight in Stockholm, Sweden.
Rakim Mayers, 30, was arrested for suspicion of aggravated assault in Stockholm, Sweden, over a recent street fight in which a man was injured.
Law enforcement officials in Stockholm told TMZ, the rapper was charged on suspicion of aggravated assault following a brawl last weekend.
A video of the incident shows Mayers and his entourage throwing a guy around while punching him.
Witnesses told TMZ the fight started because the man was hounding A$AP and his team over a pair of headphones he claimed they had broken.
However, AR later posted a nearly 3-minute long video which showed the man had actually broken his headphones when he smashed them on the head of A$AP’s bodyguard. Even after that clear first shot was taken … Rocky is seen on camera playing peacemaker, trying to calm the situation, reports TMZ.
It appears the fight erupted several minutes later when the man continued to hound A$AP and co., and after a woman claimed the man had groped her butt.
TMZ says Stockholm cops can now hold Rocky for up to 3 days while prosecutors determine whether to charge him. If they do, he’s looking at the possibility of up to 6 years in a Swedish prison.
Three other people were also arrested, two on suspicion of aggravated assault, and 1 for suspicion of assault. It’s unclear what their relationship is to A$AP.
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Geo quick facts: Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, encompasses 14 islands and more than 50 bridges on an extensive Baltic Sea archipelago. The cobblestone streets and ochre-colored buildings of Gamla Stan (the old town) are home to the 13th-century Storkyrkan Cathedral, the Kungliga Slottet Royal Palace and the Nobel Museum, which focuses on the Nobel Prize. Ferries and sightseeing boats shuttle passengers between the islands – wikipedia.