Jay Rock was arrested in Los Angeles yesterday (March 13) after police claimed to discover a firearm in his car, KABC stories. A consultant for the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Division confirmed to Pitchfork that the High Dawg Leisure rapper, whose authorized title is Johnny Reed McKinzie, was booked for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
In line with KABC, Los Angeles cops initially stopped Jay Rock by claiming that he was trespassing at an condominium complicated within the metropolis’s Watts neighborhood. Officers additionally declare that Rock tried to flee in his car once they tried to detain him with out giving a motive. He was booked, they are saying, after a firearm was present in his car. As of publication, Jay Rock stays in police custody.
Pitchfork has reached out to Jay Rock’s representatives for remark and extra info.
