In a shocking incident, American rapper, Lil Durk’s 10-year-old son has allegedly shot his stepdad, Joshua Pippens, during a heated dispute between his stepdad and mother.
Surveillance cameras which captured the moment show how the child grabbed a weapon from his stepdad, Joshua Pippens, aimed the gun at him and shot him.
In the viral footage, Pippens, in an orange shirt, can be observed attempting to restrain the child’s mother, who is wearing purple.
Amidst the confrontation, the child, wearing a red t-shirt and shorts per the footage, pointed what seems to be a gun directly at Pippens.
Subsequently, the lad pointed the weapon at Pippens, and a single gunshot is heard. Pippens is seen falling to the ground after being shot.
Daily Mail reports that shooting incident occurred on July 1 and Pippens has since reacted from his hospital bed.
Speaking via his Instagram page, Pippens claimed that he was not the aggressor and the boy only acted upon the instruction s of his mother.
He wrote, “As y’all can see I was not the aggressor. And y’all also can see how I still had my gun on my hip. He grabbed my gun off my hip following his mom’s lead and tried to shoot me and then actually shot me.
“My gun was on my hip and I was trying to protect myself from getting shot. I never in a million years thought a kid I bought four wheelers and paid football leagues and everything would do this but he only knows what mom shows him. I still love him like he’s mine.”
Pippens suggested that the argument may have been about custody arrangements over a child the couple share.
“Whatever makes y’all feel better. That’s why I got custody of my kids and she don’t. Y’all so internet think [sic] god it was me that took the shot and not her,” he wrote.
He continued, “Listen, nobody is going to jail or they would already be there. I’m doing this for rights over my kids. Call me what y’all want. And on top of that, this was at my momma’s, in front of my momma, granny, and more kids. I pray y’all make it through y’all situation that God gon’ put y’all through for playing with me.”
