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CHICAGO (WLS) -- A Gold Coast shooting left a Chicago rapper dead Tuesday afternoon, according to friends. Two others were seriously hurt, Chicago police said.

The shooting happened just before 4:40 p.m. near 70 E. Oak St., police said.

RELATED: Chicago crime: City sees 139% jump in murders, uptick in shootings in July 2020, police say

East Oak Street is typically known for some of Chicago's most expensive shopping, but it turned into a crime scene Tuesday, rattled by gunfire and littered with bullet casings.

Three people were shopping on Oak Street when two vehicles pulled up. Four people exited those vehicles and shot at the shoppers on the sidewalk, police said.

"The offenders then produced firearms and fired shots at all three victims," police said in a statement Tuesday evening.

The shooters fled the scene by car, police said.

A 26-year-old was shot in the chest, the groin and the neck. He was transported to Northwestern Hospital where he was pronounced dead just after 5 p.m., police said.

Multiple friends and people who know the deceased man identified him as Chicago rapper FBG Duck.

The Cook County Medical Examiner's Office identified him as Carlton Weekly of Markham.


A woman, 28, was shot in the hand and taken on St.Joseph Hospital where she was in stable condition.

A 36-year-old man is in serious condition at Northwestern Hospital after he was shot in the back and side.

"One guy pulled out a gun and start shooting at the other guy close range; after they stopped shooting, the guy who was doing the shooting ran that way," a witness said.

Chicago community activist Ja'Mal Green said several people called him about the shooting. He was told FBG Duck was shopping with friends when someone fired shots at them as they were exiting Saks 5th Avenue.

Police said they were standing on the sidewalk near the Dolce and Gabbana store, just a few steps from Michigan Avenue.

Green described the 26-year-old as a well-respected, well-loved rapper but also as a well-hated one in the music world.

A lot of young people looked up to him and liked his music, Green said. They will need help coping with the loss.

"I was standing here and saw people running in every direction trying to look for cover," local business owner Howard Gordon said. "I was standing where we are standing now, and heard what I thought was a machine gun, and then a black car speeding down Oak Street going west."

Business owner Barbara Gordon said she counted about 17 shots.

Shoppers and residents scrambled as the two men dropped to the ground from the stream of bullets.

Police recovered one weapon from the scene.


The shooting is under investigation.

Gold Coast shooting leaves Chicago rapper FBG Duck dead, friends say; 2 seriously hurt on Oak Street

The shooting happened a short time after 4 p.m. near 70 E. Oak St.

abc7chicago.com

 

[Cunth]

Shoulda ducked

 

[-Arcadia-]

I can't think of another entertainment or music sector, that's not explicitly dangerous, that has so, so many deaths, incarcerations, and acts of violence.

Maybe producers ought to stop scooping shitty people,with absurd arrest records, off the streets as an act of 'authenticity', and into a music studio. Maybe we ought to stop glorifying gangster culture and call it what it is; fucking retarded.

 

[rofif]

Rapper dies in shooting? Finally some normal news

 

[brap]

I can't think of another entertainment or music sector, that's not explicitly dangerous, that has so, so many deaths, incarcerations, and acts of violence.

Maybe producers ought to stop scooping shitty people,with absurd arrest records, off the streets as an act of 'authenticity', and into a music studio. Maybe we ought to stop glorifying gangster culture and call it what it is; fucking retarded.

It's more like these rappers get rich and don't even bother to move. They still live around the same areas but are now famous and have a ton of money. Anybody with common sense would get out of there as soon as they could.

 

[TaySan]

RIP hope they find the perpetrator.

 

[angelfox]

Oh, no, it happened today. I am very saddened by this event.

 

[-Arcadia-]

It's more like these rappers get rich and don't even bother to move. They still live around the same areas but are now famous and have a ton of money. Anybody with common sense would get out of there as soon as they could.

Fair, but people don't just drive up to random targets and shoot them. He very likely was involved in some things he shouldn't have been. It reeks of gang culture and tit for tat, as these so often do.

 

[brap]

Fair, but people don't just drive up to random targets and shoot them. He very likely was involved in some things he shouldn't have been. It reeks of gang culture and tit for tat, as these so often do.

I mean yeah but this shit happens in chicago all the time. Random gang rapper gets fame and money yet still stays in chicago for god knows why. He wasn't just a random gang member this guy has been rapping for years.

 

[Stiflers Mom]

Why do I have a feeling we won't see anyone rioting about this..

 

[Elektro Demon]

Rap and music in the same sentence. Yeah....
Sorry about the guy getting shot.

 

[ExpandKong]

Oh no I hope they find out the color of the shooter

 

[nush]

Oh no I hope they find out the color of the shooter

and take his badge and gun.

 

[Rival]

.

 

[HellforLeather]

Rock stars shoot themselves

Rap stars get shot.

 

[Spukc]

rip lil’ducky

 

[NeoGiffer]

 

[Ornlu]

It's more like these rappers get rich and don't even bother to move. They still live around the same areas but are now famous and have a ton of money. Anybody with common sense would get out of there as soon as they could.

I mean yeah but this shit happens in chicago all the time. Random gang rapper gets fame and money yet still stays in chicago for god knows why. He wasn't just a random gang member this guy has been rapping for years.

It was right next to Michigan Ave, which is the "nice, tourist" part of Chicago. Kinda surprised, TBH. Usually that area is swarming with cops (a few years ago when I was there)

Broad daylight in one of the “nicest” areas of Chicago. Would be like if this happened on Rodeo Drive in LA.

Amen; that's fucking wild.

 

[BluRayHiDef]

I don't understand why gangster rap music is legal. Even though the First Amendment grants us freedom of speech, there are certain restrictions on that freedom, such as the prohibition against ordering others to commit acts of violence or to otherwise break laws. Gangster rap music doesn't necessarily order people to commit acts of violence or to otherwise break laws, but it promotes that behavior and should therefore be illegal - via the same principle on which laws that prohibit people from ordering others to engage in this behavior.

 

[The Wheel of Fortune]

Rap and music in the same sentence. Yeah....
Sorry about the guy getting shot.

What's wrong with rap/hip-hop music? I always see tons of people here shitting on it for no good reason. It's far from being one of my favorite musical genres, but even then I can recognize some very talented artists and plenty of good tracks.

Perhaps you haven't really given the scene a chance. If that's the case, I recommend you check out people like Dave or Childish Gambino.

 

[BluRayHiDef]

What's wrong with rap/hip-hop music? I always see tons of people here shitting on it for no good reason. It's far from being one of my favorite musical genres, but even then I can recognize some very talented artists and plenty of good tracks.

Perhaps you haven't really given the scene a chance. If that's the case, I recommend you check out people like Dave or Childish Gambino.

Rap music in and of itself is not bad, but gangster rap music is a serious problem. It should be outlawed.

 

[The Wheel of Fortune]

Rap music in and of itself is not bad, but gangster rap music is a serious problem. It should be outlawed.

I agree, but that's saying something else entirely. I guess I'm just tired of reading people shitting on rap/country/reggaeton music or dismissing all of them in general because of a couple of idiots on their scenes.

 

[BluRayHiDef]

I agree, but that's saying something else entirely. I guess I'm just tired of reading people shitting on rap/country/reggaeton music or dismissing all of them in general because of a couple of idiots on their scenes.

I won't speak in regard to country music and reggaeton. However, in regard to gangster rap music, it's way more than a couple of idiots that make it bad; it's the sub-genre itself. Gangster rap music in and of itself promotes illegal activity; the lyrics of songs belonging to this sub-genre glorify illegal possession and illegal use of firearms, murder, the possession and distribution of illegal drugs, pimping, robbery, gangbanging, etc. I'm seriously perplexed as to why Congress has not created laws that would prohibit it.

 

[The Wheel of Fortune]

I won't speak in regard to country music and reggaeton. However, in regard to gangster rap music, it's way more than a couple of idiots that make it bad; it's the sub-genre itself. Gangster rap music in and of itself promotes illegal activity; the lyrics of songs belonging to this sub-genre glorify illegal possession and illegal use of firearms, murder, the possession and distribution of illegal drugs, pimping, robbery, gangbanging, etc. I'm seriously perplexed as to why Congress has not created laws that would prohibit it.

Yeah, I agree with you on all of this mate. Perhaps I just haven't seen the full impact of this on my daily life as I thankfully don't live in the US. I hope you get to do something about it so that things like these either become less frequent or go away entirely, there's plenty of problems already with violence slowly becoming more and more normalized worldwide everyday, honestly.

 

[Frito_Pendejo]

Man, the Chiraq drill scene is crazy. I remember a few years back I went down the YouTube rabbit hole and the amount of rappers killed over this stuff was just insane. Shootashellz may be the most gruesome crime scene photo I’ve seen out of the lot. I knew of Duck and figured this was coming sooner or later. Pretty sad.

 

[TrainedRage]

IM SHOCKED!!!!!

 

[HellforLeather]

Rap music in and of itself is not bad, but gangster rap music is a serious problem. It should be outlawed.

easy there Tipper....

 

[Nester99]

Who.gif

 

[Bombolone]

That's the game, son
I have Salty Bet streaming (twitch) in the background. Song currently playing...
'ducktales theme song'
ooo Oo oo ducktales

That's the game!!!

 

[appaws]

What a peculiar name?

Can any of you break it down for me?

 

[teezzy]

 

[cryptoadam]

Song sucks. He isnt rapping he is talking.

At this point they just should start counting the people not getting shot in chicago

 

[HawksWinStanley]

It happened outside the poor areas so the police will crack down hard on this one. There are cameras everywhere down there.

 

[brap]

What a peculiar name?

Can any of you break it down for me?

FBG = Fly Boy Gang
Duck is his nickname I guess

 

[teezzy]

My favorite rappers are Belle Delphine, Nas, and the Insane Clown Posse.

 

[Elektro Demon]

What's wrong with rap/hip-hop music? I always see tons of people here shitting on it for no good reason. It's far from being one of my favorite musical genres, but even then I can recognize some very talented artists and plenty of good tracks.

Perhaps you haven't really given the scene a chance. If that's the case, I recommend you check out people like Dave or Childish Gambino.

I got nothing against rap but it's not my cup of tea. I appreciate being able to play instruments instead of talking very fast, ie rapping.

 

[The Incarnation]

*Shrugs*

 

[highrider]

I remember this dude last year, he was a white kid, Stone one of the bigger gangs in Chicago. Couple of his buddies took him out to the woods, shot him then set him on fire alive. These guys wouldn’t hesitate to do the same, hard to feel much sympathy for someone who embraces this, but I understand how a culture can be so regressive that I’m sure there isn’t much there saying this is a bad idea.

 

[lock2k]

What's wrong with rap/hip-hop music? I always see tons of people here shitting on it for no good reason. It's far from being one of my favorite musical genres, but even then I can recognize some very talented artists and plenty of good tracks.

Perhaps you haven't really given the scene a chance. If that's the case, I recommend you check out people like Dave or Childish Gambino.

I can't stand this guy's smug face for some reason. Very punchable.

 

[Porcile]

And clown boy still thinks he's going to survive more than ten minutes on the street?

 

[Werewolf Jones]

He'd been shot before and refused to leave. This is what he wanted.

 

[BluRayHiDef]

I remember this dude last year, he was a white kid, Stone one of the bigger gangs in Chicago. Couple of his buddies took him out to the woods, shot him then set him on fire alive. These guys wouldn’t hesitate to do the same, hard to feel much sympathy for someone who embraces this, but I understand how a culture can be so regressive that I’m sure there isn’t much there saying this is a bad idea.

Why did his "buddies" do that to him?

 

[highrider]

Why did his "buddies" do that to him?

I don’t think anyone knows for sure. Point was that most of these Chicago dudes are going to die on some dumb shit. It’s what they do.

 

[ipukespiders]

What a peculiar name?

Can any of you break it down for me?

 

[Stouffers]

Isn’t that the silver jacket Joe Pera is given at the fashion show?

 

[EverydayBeast]

RIP

 

[PleaseDontBanMe]

Chicago is GTA San Andreas with Riot code enabled

 

[Vicetrailia]

Judging from while safe from afar is the American way smh.

 

[Frito_Pendejo]

Judging from while safe from afar is the American way smh.

Huh? This doesn’t really make sense dude.

 

[Vicetrailia]

Huh? This doesn’t really make sense dude.

Sure it does. People have a lot of moral judgements about another’s life that they have not had to live themselves. They rather finger wag than have any real commentary about what happened. It’s just what people do. They’re negative over positive.

This guy for example was a highly motivated and energetic person, but he grew up in an environment where he didn’t yet come to the realization that he needed to escape. Perhaps he wasn’t successful enough to make that leap, like say chief keep, but this stuff happens in a cycle. It happens a lot, where rappers from crazy environments are just starting to taste real success and then they kick the bucket because life hasn’t changed enough yet, so they’re still in mindset of how they grew up. They aren’t victims andThey know that, but it is just a reality.