This piece will furnish you with particulars about Pop Smoke’s post-mortem. He met his end tragically on February 19, 2020.
Per reports, the medical professionals exhausted all possible measures in an attempt to rescue Pop Smoke.
Following his arrival at the hospital with multiple gunshot wounds, he underwent chest surgery.
Pop Smoke post-mortem
TMZ was able to secure Pop Smoke’s death certificate.
The certificate indicates that a thoracotomy was performed on the left side of his chest to extract all the bullets.
According to the death certificate, the cause of death was gunshot wounds to the torso.
It also states that Smoke succumbed to the gunfire unleashed by the masked assailant.
Pop Smoke breathed his last at 5:12 AM at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
Pop Smoke – The American rap artist
Bashar Barakah Jackson, known as Pop Smoke, was born on July 20, 1999, in Brooklyn, New York City, to Audrey Jackson and Greg Jackson.
His family confirmed that he was 20 years old at the time of his demise.
His mother, Audrey Jackson, hailed from Jamaica, while his father, Greg Jackson, was Panamanian.
He had an older brother, Obasi, and had to change schools frequently, attending a total of nine schools in Canarsie, Brooklyn.
During his childhood, he would frequent his local church to play African drums.
In eighth grade, he was expelled for carrying a firearm.
He was under house arrest for two years due to gun possession charges.
Later, he gravitated towards basketball and played as a point and shooting guard.
He later moved to Philadelphia during his teenage years and was enrolled in Rocktop Academy.
However, he had to leave the academy after being diagnosed with a heart murmur, which led him down a different path.
Pop Smoke cause of demise
Los Angeles Police Department detective Carlos Camacho disclosed that a 15-year-old suspect was responsible for Pop Smoke’s murder.
Reportedly, the suspect broke into Pop’s residence and demanded his Rolex and Cuban-link chain.
Pop did not comply, ensuing in a confrontation that resulted in the suspect firing three shots.
Carlos asserted that the suspect’s motive was theft and not murder, but the altercation resulted in the tragic outcome.
Carlos further stated that the suspect is in custody and facing murder charges.
It was revealed that the suspect sold Pop’s Rolex and Cuban-link chain for $2,000.
While Corey Walker was implicated in Pop Smoke’s murder, he pleaded not guilty.
However, he remained in custody with his cellmate, Corey Walker, who later confessed to his involvement in the crime.
Subsequently, the police unveiled that there were four suspects in the case, all affiliated with street gangs.
According to the police, the street gang identified Pop Smoke through his Instagram posts.
