The man charged with the previously reported shooting of up and coming rap star Dolla at a Californian mall earlier this week has told police that he shot his fellow Atlantan in self defence.
AllHipHop.com report that the suspect, 23 year old Aubrey Berry, acted out of fear for his own life when he gunned down the hip hopper, real name Roderick Burton, apparently because of an altercation that took place in a club in Atlanta a few weeks ago. Lawyer Howard R. Price claims that when the pair subsequently ran in to each other in a restaurant in an LA mall, Berry alleges that Burton threatened him in the toilets; he also maintains that the late rapper was connected to LA gang The Crips.
Berry was apprehended at Los Angeles International Airport on Monday evening, of course, and charged with murder and two assault charges and is being detained on a now raised bail bond of $5million. He is due in court today to enter his plea.