Crime & Safety
Brooklyn Rapper Mook Mula Killed After 'Gambling Dispute': Police
Darnell Pettway, known as "Mookie" or "Mook Mula," was killed Saturday night.
BROOKLYN, NY — A Brooklyn rapper was shot dead over the weekend following a possible "gambling dispute," according to police sources.
Darnell Pettway, 30, known as "Mookie" or "Mook Mula," was shot just after 10 p.m. on Saturday inside the lobby of an apartment building on East 93rd Street, between Rutland Road and East New York Avenue in the Crown Heights/East Flatbush/Brownsville area, police said.
Pettway and others were gambling in the building lobby and the shooting "could be related to a gambling dispute," a police source said.
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He was taken to Kings County Hospital where he died of his injuries, according to police.
Friends took to social media to mourn the slain rapper. Some photos and videos showed an arrangement of candles spelling out his name:
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Sleep in peace Buzzin @_mookmula (instagram) pic.twitter.com/uvqnWQj36e
— flysavageforeignside (@flysavage_90z) December 4, 2017
My heart is heavy right now. I just lost my Lil Cro @_mookmula The violence in our communities is incomprehensible when you consider we never raise our weapons towards the true oppressor of our people. This young Cing is a Cklyn Legend. He was up to Cat next. Rest in Ceez. You will always C the reason why the sky is Clue. I love you and in honor of your passing I am going come up with a true act of peace to offer to our hood in the 90z. #SoMuchTalentcoupledWithSoMuchHate I have to find a way to get the youth to value life by appreciating others even in times of adversity Rest in Power Loc My condolences @zeek90z Peace Loc @djbigbadbolo9ozgs9 What up Cuzzo @trapmon3y_90z #CroPOLIGHT #iAmTheEvolutionOfTheRevolution
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