Update:
1 dead after fight at North Carolina mall
One person was killed after an argument erupted at a crowded shopping mall in North Carolina on the afternoon before Christmas, police said Thursday.
Detectives from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department are investigating what the department called “an officer involved shooting” inside the Northlake Mall in Charlotte.
Police said in a statement that off-duty officers who were working at the mall arrived at the scene after the fight broke out. One “armed” person was shot and pronounced dead at the scene.
Update 2:
Who Was Daquan Antonio Westbrook? The Rapper, AKA Donkey Cartel, Had Been In Trouble Before The Northlake Mall Shooting
An armed man was shot and killed by off-duty police officers at the Northlake Mall in North Carolina Thursday, according to police and local news reports. While the details of the incident are still unfolding, WBTV has confirmed that the victim was 18-year-old Daquan Antonio Westbrook, a rapper who went by the name of Donkey Cartel. Who was Daquan Westbrook, the rapper killed at Northlake Mall?
Westbrook was a rapper from North Charlotte, North Carolina. He’s released two mixtapes, including one called Convicted Felon With A Weapon, and appears to maintain an active Twitter account under the handle @Donkey_cartel. Many of Westbrook’s tweets promote his music; some contain cryptic references to violence and guns, while one appears to reference Northlake Mall itself, where he was killed.
According to WBTV, Westbrook had been arrested “at least 11 times” since 2013. Local news reports that Westbrook was arrested in 2014 in connection with the shooting of a 12-year-old boy a year earlier. He was charged with multiple counts, including assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill. The boy he allegedly shot, however, only suffered minor injuries.
