Young Jeezy has been arrested on suspicion of possessing
illegal firearms during an investigation into a fatal shooting at a concert. The
Atlanta-based rapper, whose real name is Jay Wayne Jenkins, was taken into
custody on Sunday by detectives along with five other people while executing a
search warrant at the Verizon Amphitheater in Irvine, Mountain View police
spokesman Sgt. Saul Jaeger said Monday.
They were taken to the Orange County
jail, where Jenkins was being held on $1 million bail.
The arrests come after Eric Johnson of Orinda was shot and killed while backstage at the Under the Influence of Music concert. Young Jeezy and fellow rapper Wiz Khalifa performed at the concert.
The 38-year-old husband and father
worked as a concert promoter for Bay Area musicians, but was not connected to
the concert tour where he lost his life.
The five other people arrested were
Alexa Beason, 52; William Paul Gilmore, 48; David Kuniansky-Altman, 31; Kena
Jermaine Marshall, 39; and Peter Arthur Maynard, 38 according to the Mercury News.
All five were somehow employed on
the tour. None of
the arrested has been identified as suspects in the fatal shooting, Jaeger
said.
'We haven't made any arrests for the
homicide. These arrests were made during the execution of the warrant,' Jaeger
said. Police,
however, say they are still in search of a suspect described as between
5-foot-6 and 5-foot-8.
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