Akon Protege Dolla Shot Dead

Authorities said a man found with a gun at Los Angeles International Airport was being questioned by police over the upscale mall shooting of a young man identified by his publicist as Atlanta-based rapper Dolla.

Dolla, a rapping protege of hip-hop artist Akon, was fatally shot in the head Monday near a valet stand outside the Beverly Center, publicist Sue Vannasing told the Los Angeles Times.

Investigators were questioning a 20-year-old man found hours later in a ticketing area of the airport, said airport police spokesman Sgt. Jim Holcomb.
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