Authorities searched rapper YG's Hollywood Hills mansion Thursday in connection with a police shooting in Compton that killed a bystander earlier this month.
Deputy Marvin Crowder, a spokesman for the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department, said the rapper, whose real name is Keenon Jackson, has not been implicated in the shooting and was not at the home - which he leases - at the time of the search Thursday.
Tyquan Williams, 29, was arrested on a weapons charge during the raid but Deputy James Nagal said he did not know if the arrest was related to the shooting, according to officials. Police insiders told TMZ that the weapon recovered from the site will be subject to testing.
Several other people were detained at the Hollywood Hills home Thursday.
The fatal shooting occurred July 3 after deputies tried to pull over a Cadillac Escalade - a company car registered to Jackson - in Compton because they believed the motorist was driving recklessly and under the influence.
An occupant fired an assault rifle at the deputies multiple times, who shot back at two separate locations, officials said. A sheriff's helicopter tracked the Escalade to Inglewood, where an occupant from the vehicle's passenger side fired at it. The suspects then abandoned the SUV and ran away.
One suspect was arrested, though a second got away, the sheriff's department said. Authorities did not find the rifle in the Escalade and one deputy suffered graze gunshot wounds to his arm and shoulder.
Deputies later found Ricky Cornell Starks, 65, of Compton, with multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene. It's not clear if he was shot by deputies or the suspects.
Crowder said here is 'no concrete link' between Jackson and the shooting besides his vehicle.
The Compton rapper - whose hits include Toot It and Boot It and Go Loko - previously tweeted that he didn't learn of the shooting until after: 'I was nowhere near the scene of this incident, I was in Hollywood recording in the studio all day.'
United Talent Agency, which represents Jackson, declined to comment Thursday.
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