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A fake phone call led the police to track down the rapper, the woman who 'caused' the death of Young Scooter is arrested
2025-04-03 18:48:49 / BOTA
Atlanta police arrested a woman on Tuesday who was accused of making a fake 911 call that led to a police chase during which rapper Young Scooter suffered a fatal injury, police said. The woman's call, in which she reported an alleged assault and gunshots, led police to respond to a home on the city's south side Friday evening, where a man, later identified as Young Scooter, emerged from the residence and fled from officers, according to officials.
"After a brief foot pursuit, officers were able to locate the male and it was discovered that he was suffering from a visible leg injury. Atlanta police officers did not discharge their firearms," the Atlanta Police Department (APD) said in its initial incident report Friday.
"Young Scooter, a 39-year-old rapper whose legal name is Kenneth Bailey, died Friday after suffering a penetrating injury to his right thigh," the Fulton County Medical Examiner's office said Tuesday.
Demetria Spence, 31, was taken into custody Tuesday, the police department said in a statement. This came after police released audio from a 911 call in which a woman reported an alleged assault and gunshots at her home and asked the public for help identifying her voice in the audio recording. Police say the call was made from a 911-only phone.
Court records show Spence's bond was set at $7,500. The records also show she was scheduled to appear at her first hearing on Wednesday. ABC News reached out to Spence's attorney, but requests for comment were not immediately returned.
"They started shooting, but this, the house needs to be investigated. They're definitely doing, so they're doing illegal things there. She's trying to leave, the girl is injured, she's bleeding a lot, and they're holding her. She's being held hostage ... She ran outside naked," the caller said.
The caller noted that there is a child in danger as well because she had a child. According to police, Spence was charged with a felony for allegedly broadcasting a false public alarm resulting in serious bodily injury or death. Under Georgia law, if convicted, she faces up to 10 years in prison and a fine of no less than $50,000.
Prior to Spence's arrest, APD homicide commander Lt. Andrew Smith was asked during a press conference Friday about the assault and the alleged shooting that was reported in the 911 call.
"We haven't been able to prove any of this," Smith said.
Smith noted that while police who responded to the residence were working to establish a perimeter, two males fled from the back of the home. One male returned to the home, the other male jumped two fences as he fled, according to him: When officers found him on the other side of the fence, he appeared to have suffered a leg injury.
Officers treated him and he was transported to Grady Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The man who suffered a leg injury was later identified as Bailey by the Fulton County Medical Examiner's Office, which confirmed his identity to ABC News on Saturday.
It is unclear why Bailey fled from police when they responded to the residence. Since he died in police custody, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced Saturday that it has launched an investigation into Bailey's death, at the request of the APD.
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