Rapper Tekashi69 linked to shooting investigation in New York

Monday, October 29, 2018
MANHATTAN, New York -- Police say they've made two arrests in a shooting involving a rapper's entourage in front of a Manhattan restaurant.

The NYPD said on Saturday that Zachary Bunce, of Wyandanch, New York and Faheem Walter, of Manhattan were each charged with gang assault.
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The shooting happened Friday night as rapper Daniel Hernandez, known as Tekashi69 or 6ix9ine, and a group including Bunce and Walter were trying to enter Philippe Chow on the Upper East Side.

Tekashi69 was celebrating after he was set free on a sentence of probation.

Police said after they were turned away, the suspects returned and hit an armed private security guard with a chair. They said the guard shot Walter, who was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.
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Hernandez's attorney, Lance Lazzaro, says his client wasn't present during the shooting.

Tekashi69 was sentenced to four years probation earlier Friday on charges stemming from a previous guilty plea for using a child in a sexual performance. He was arrested in 2015 after he posted video on social media showing him with a nude 13-year-old girl at a party.
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