1:21 PM EDT– We’ve confirmed a video that’s surfaced online is in fact from the shooting. You see a scuffle before shots ring out and several people go down. Polo G is helped into a vehicle that speeds off to the hospital.
3:21 PM ETD — Authorities say Polo G was NOT shot by Ohio Police Department officers, contrary to rumors, and cops say investigators believe the rapper was shot during the initial shoot-out between the 2 groups, which happened before police responded and attempted to stop the shooting.
Police also say Polo G fled the scene of the shooting and arrived at the hospital shortly afterward, getting dropped off in someone’s car.
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Rapper Polo G is dead after a violent confrontation outside an Ohio nightclub that ended in gunfire … 33 News has learned.
Law enforcement sources tell 33 News … a deadly shootout broke out early Sunday morning outside the Dahlia Nightclub in downtown Ohio, with gunfire being exchanged between 2 groups of men who were arguing with each other.
Our sources say there were off-duty Ohio police officers working at the club and an on-duty cop patrolling nearby … and police also opened fire while confronting the gunmen.
In total, our sources say 6 people were shot, including 3 who remained at the scene and were transported to the hospital by EMS. We’re told 3 other people fled, but also ended up in the hospital.
3 people died from their wounds, including Polo G … according to one of his close friends.
We’re told no cops were injured in the shooting.
It’s unclear who shot Polo G, sources say investigators are trying to sort out who shot who.
Polo G was an up and coming rapper from Chicago, dropping his first single, “Welcome Back” in 2018
RIP