Music

Rapper Rick Ross unharmed in Florida shooting, crash

Rick Ross performs during the 2011 BET Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on June 26, 2011. UPI/Jim Ruymen

License photo

Published: Jan. 28, 2013 at 11:17 AM

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Jan. 28 (UPI) -- Rapper Rick Royce escaped injury when shots were fired at his Rolls-Royce Monday, causing the car to crash into a Florida building, The Miami Herald reported.

No one was injured in the early morning incident on Las Olas Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale, the Herald said.

TMZ said a motorist pulled his or her vehicle up next to Ross' Rolls, then fired dozens of shots, missing the car, but striking nearby buildings.

Police told the celebrity news website they had made no arrests in connection with the shooting and had not identified any suspects.

© 2013 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints

Most Popular Collections

'Star Trek Into Darkness' screening	NBC upfronts	Met Ball 2013
'Great Gatsby' premieres in New York	Spire raised on top of One WTC	2013: Celebrity break ups and divorces

Additional Music Stories
Entertainment News Christine White, 'Twilight Zone' icon, dead at 86 WASHINGTON, May 19 (UPI) -- Television actress Christine White has died in Washington, her representatives announced. She was 86. Singer Trace Adkins wins 'Celebrity Apprentice' Taylor Swift wins big at Billboard Music Awards Showtime releases trailer for Season 8 of 'Dexter' 'Warehouse 13' will wrap up after five seasons	Top News Philippines coast guard defensive over killing TAIPEI, Taiwan, May 20 (UPI) -- An investigation into the killing by the Philippines coast guard of a Taiwanese fisherman is focusing on whether rules of engagement were broken. 2 FBI agents killed in Virginia Beach training exercise McConnell: White House operating 'culture of intimidation' Syrian army, Hezbollah sweep into key rebel city Orthodox Jewish prisoner's lawsuit for kosher food reinstated
Business News Japan's Cabinet Office makes upward revision TOKYO, May 20 (UPI) -- The Japanese economy is picking up slowly, the Cabinet Office said Monday in its upwardly revised May monthly assessment report. Britain weighing gasoline price-fixing probe of BP, Shell, Statoil Nikkei tops 15,300, highest in 65 months Auto Outlook: Is the driving boom over; domestic cars quality up Consumer Corner: Digitizing eating out	Odd News The almanac UPI Almanac for Monday, May 20, 2013. Father, son graduate college together 911 'butt dial' call leads to Fresno car burglars Police called to Starbucks over diaper-changing flap Pony adopts orphaned lamb in Wales