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Rapper Lil Phat, 19, shot and killed
June 8, 2012, 12:27 PM EST
WENNRapper Lil Phat has been shot dead at the age of 19 in Atlanta, Ga.
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According to the Atlanta-Journal Constitution, police identified the rapper's body on Thursday evening. Lil Phat, real name Melvin Vernell III, was found in a parked car near Northside Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead, reports GossipCop.
He had suffered multiple gunshot wounds. A motive for the killing is unknown and police are searching for two men who were seen running from the scene.
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Lil Phat was previously signed to record label Trill Entertainment, which also once had Soulja Boy on its roster.
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