Police are investigating after a shooting near Drake’s Toronto home left one person injured.
Toronto police revealed in a brief post on The location of the mansion.
The victim, whose identity has not been released, was taken to hospital with “serious injuries,” police said. The attacker, who has also not been identified, is believed to have fled the scene in a vehicle.
A photo emerged on social media of police blocking the street outside Drake’s home, although there is currently no indication he was in any way connected to the shooting.
This is a development story.
shooting:
Bayview Avenue and Lawrence Avenue E
2:09 am
– Reports of shootings
– Police station
– A seriously injured man was taken to hospital
– The suspect fled in a car
– Unknown description #GO978573
^sc— Toronto Police Operations (@TPSOperations) May 7, 2024
Police have cordoned off the street where Drake lives to investigate a shooting that occurred at his home at 2 a.m. this morning. pic.twitter.com/IjaFPOjwUV
— DJ Akademiks (@Akademiks) May 7, 2024
Drake’s mansion was recently used as fodder for his high-profile feud with Kendrick Lamar, with the Compton rapper using a satellite image of the property as the cover art for his scathing diss song “Not Like Us” .
The image was covered with several red marks, allegedly from a sexual predator app. In the song, Kendrick accuses Liushen and some of his close associates of being pedophiles.
“Say it, Drake, I hear you like ’em young/You better never go to Cell One/Any bitch he talks to and they love each other/Just make sure you hide your little sister from him,” he said .
He also said: “And Baka [Not Nice] There is a strange case, why is he around? Certified pedophile.
Drake refuted the accusations on his response record “The Heart Part 6,” rapping: “I never been with any minors, but now I understand why this angle you really fucked up/ Just to be clear, I feel sick, I’m too respected/If I slept with a young girl, I guarantee I’d be arrested/I’m too famous for the shit you just suggested.
In 2021, police were called to the rap star’s sprawling Toronto home after an armed stalker attacked a private security guard with a metal pipe while trying to break into the home.
The culprit was arrested and the metal pipe and a knife were confiscated as evidence, but luckily, Drake didn’t come close to her intended target.
“The perpetrator did not come near Drake,” a source told the Toronto Sun. “In fact, the intruder did not come through the front door.”