美 랩퍼 돌라 총격 사망, rapper Dolla

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 대낮 도심 쇼핑몰에서 살인사건이 발생한다면?

대다수 사람들은 쇼핑에 몰두하며 나름대로의 시간을 보낸다.

하지만 끔찍한 사건이 우리나라는 물론 외국에서도 종종 발생하고 있다.

Dolla( Roderick Anthony Burton II, 1987.11.25 - 2009.5.18 )

미국의 유명 랩퍼 돌라(21)가 LA에서 갑자기 총격으로 사망하였다(2009.5.18)

오후 3시10분 경 로스앤젤레스의 베버리 쇼핑 센터에서 쇼핑하던 돌라는

주차장에서 남성과 여성 등 2명과 논쟁을 벌인 후 머리에 총을 맞았다.

인근 병원으로 옮겨진 돌라는 결국 병원에서 사망하였다.

은색 SUV로 용의자가 도주했다는 목격자들의 증언에 따라 경찰은

LA 국제공항에서 오브리 루이스 베리(23)를 추적 끝에 체포했다. 

체포 당시 베리는 9mm 반자동 권총을 소지하고 있었다.

경찰의 정확한 조사와 발표가 있겠지만, 비슷한 나이의

청년은 또 다른 청년을 살해하는 비극을 만들어 냈다.

본래 이름이 버튼 주니어인 돌라는 꽃다운 나이에

아깝게도 자신의 꿈을 펴보지 못한채 목숨을 잃었다.

 

An Atlanta-based rapper was fatally shot in the valet waiting area

of the Beverly Center mall Monday by a suspect who fled in a silver

Mercedes SUV, according to police. Officers later detained a

"person of interest" as he approached the ticketing area

at Los Angeles International Airport armed with a gun.

The shooting occurred about 3:10 p.m. in the parking

garage of the popular Westside mall, sending

diners in nearby restaurants diving for cover.

Dolla, a rapper whose real name is Roderick Anthony

Burton II, was shot in the head as he and several other people

stood near the center's La Cienega Boulevard entrance,

according to police, witnesses and Dolla's publicist,

Sue Vannasing.  A friend of the rapper's who was at the Beverly

Center and a Los Angeles Police Department

official also confirmed the victim's identity to The Times.

  미드에서 자주 보았던 뉴욕경찰(NYPD) 대신에

로스앤젤레스경찰(LAPD)의 이름이 등장하고 있다.

통상 랩퍼들은 거친 언어를 구사하는데...

돌라의 노래 가사들도 그런 부분들이 있다.

어쨌든 영화 step up의 ost에 참여할 정도로 인정받으며

활동하려던 참이었지만 시간과 세월은 그를 기다려 주지 않았다.

 

Burton, 21, arrived at LAX from Atlanta earlier in the day

and went to the Beverly Center to shop, Vannasing said.

After the shooting, Burton was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical

Center a few blocks from the mall, where he died, police said.

The LAPD has not announced a motive for the attack or

identified any suspects. Detectives are questioning a woman

they detained at the scene and a man who allegedly

drove from the mall to LAX in a rented silver Mercedes SUV.

About an hour after the shooting, the LAPD issued a bulletin

for a 20-year-old man considered a "person of interest"

in the shooting. Los Angeles Airport Police officers spotted

a man fitting the description in the ticketing lobby of Terminal 1.

"The suspect was detained without incident [and] discovered

to be armed," said Los Angeles World Airports

spokeswoman Nancy Castles.

Police later found the Mercedes in an airport parking lot.

LAPD officials, who spoke on the condition that they not be

named because of the continuing inquiry, said they are

investigating whether the man was trying to get a flight out of L.A.

Burton was an up-and-coming rapper who had recorded

several singles. He was in town to work on his first album,

slated to be released this summer on Jive Records,

Vannasing said. His first single, released in 2007,

was "Who the F... Is That?"

The killing comes 12 years after another shooting in

Los Angeles threw the rap music business into turmoil.

In that case, the rapper Notorious B.I.G. was

shot to death outside the Petersen Automotive Museum,

about two miles from the scene of Monday's killing.

Theories over the motivation for that killing

have caused controversy ever since.

쇼핑센터에서 황급히 대피하는 쇼핑객들

1988년 출생하여 LA와 아틀란타에서 활동을 하던

그의 모습은 더이상 기대할 수 없는 아쉬움을 남기고 있다.

 

The LAPD has not released a narrative of what happened

in the mall garage. But Vannasing said Burton apparently

had a dispute with some people, perhaps at the airport.

"They followed him to the mall because they knew he

was coming," Vannasing said. She added that Burton was

at the mall with another rapper, D.J. Shabbazz. Police

officials said they could not confirm‎ or deny that account.

Burton was born in Chicago in 1988 and moved

with his family to the Los Angeles area and then

to Atlanta, according to a biography on his

MySpace.com page. The biography said he

witnessed his father commit suicide at age 5 and

turned to crime to support his family at 10. He began

rapping at 12 and formed a group called Da

Razkals Cru, according to the biography.

The group impressed rappers P. Diddy and Missy Elliot.

They signed a record contract in 2001. But within two years,

Burton -- who was modeling for P. Diddy's clothing line,

Sean John -- began a solo career. A song of his was

included on the soundtrack for the

2006 dance movie "Step Up."

The shooting rattled shoppers and diners. At a Chipotle

restaurant near the valet area, 10 people were eating when

the shots rang out. "The customers were yelling,

'Close the store, close the store, because somebody

is shooting!' " said Elsa Hernandez,

general manager of the restaurant.

The center is normally quite peaceful, said Hernandez,

who has worked at the restaurant for six years.

"This is the first time this has happened here," she said.

Newton Cacho, 31, who works across the street

from the Beverly Center, was stunned by the violence.

"I'm very surprised something like this happened here.

You come to a nicer part of town and you don't

expect this," Cacho said.

Del Vaughn Walker, 44, had just left his car with valets

and was heading to P.F. Chang's for lunch when he walked

by a woman and three men, one of whom was Burton.

There was no sign of an argument. But moments later

he heard two gunshots, then three more. He ducked and ran into

the restaurant. "I never would have expected this," he said.

"You would have expected some kind of verbal confrontation."

"군중속의 고독"

이 말을 다시 실감나게 하는 사건이 아닐까?

우리나라에서도 비슷한 사건이 지하철 등 공공장소에서

심심찮게 벌어지는 암울한 현상들을 볼 수 있다.

그렇기때문에 동방예의지국의 후손인 우리들도

주위 사람들과 눈이 마주치지 않도록 조심해야 하며

남의 일에 공연히 끼어들지 않도록 마음쓰는 시대가 다가왔다.

이제 자신을 지키기 위해서라면...

결코 남을 돌보지 않는 이기적 사회의 모습들을

점점 더 깊이 느끼며 살아가야 되는 것인지...?

[석양노을]

세상이 그러 할지라도.... 점점 불신감만 조장 되어 갈 지라도... 사랑의 씨앗을 심을 수 밖에 ♥ 언제 어디서나 미꾸라지 한마리는 있는 법이니까 지레 걱정하며 마음 문을 걸어 잠그진말자구요 ^^* 따스한 사랑♡ 없는 세상 생각하기도 끔찍 하지 않나요?