American rapper Half Ounce fatally shot in California while on phone with pregnant wife

He is the third rapper to be fatally shot in Los Angeles County in less than a month’s time.

A search was underway in California on Wednesday (Oct 6) for the gunman wanted for killing Half Ounce, the third rapper to be fatally shot in Los Angeles County in less than a month.

Half Ounce, whose real name is Latauriisha O’Brien, was found shot to death on Monday in the city’s Koreatown neighborhood, Los Angeles Police said Tuesday. He had been walking home with a friend when they were approached by a dark SUV and a passenger suddenly opened fire on them from inside the vehicle, sources told Fox 11.