LAS VEGAS (CNN) — Police are on an “intense” and “extremely focused” nationwide manhunt for the occupants of a black Range Rover at the center of a shooting on the Las Vegas strip that claimed three lives.
The incident involved a Maserati that was shot at and subsequently crashed into a taxi, which caught fire.
The driver of the Maserati, whom family identified as Kenneth Cherry Jr., died at a hospital. The taxi driver and a passenger also died.
The shots were fired from the Range Rover, which Las Vegas police spokesman Bill Cassell said could be anywhere.
Police have received multiple reports of vehicles that match the description, but “at this point, we have no information that the vehicle in the crime has been located,” he said Friday.
Cassell declined to say if there was one suspect or several, citing the ongoing investigation.
Cherry, an aspiring rapper known as Kenny Clutch, was driving his Maserati on Thursday when someone in the Range Rover fired several shots at his car as it headed north on Las Vegas Boulevard.
The Maserati continued into the intersection of the boulevard and Flamingo Road and collided with a taxi, which caught fire, killing cab driver Michael Boldon, 62, CNN affiliate KVVU said.
“It is gut-wrenching,” Boldon’s brother, Tehran Boldon, tearfully told KVVU. “My life mission will be to see them punished and brought to justice for the senseless thing they did.”
A passenger in the taxi also died. A passenger in the Maserati and three others were injured in the pileup, Sheriff Douglas Gillespie said.
The fire closed a block and a half of the Strip near some of its biggest draws: Caesars Palace, the Bellagio, Bally’s and the Flamingo. Police collected surveillance video from the casinos.
The shooting took place two blocks from where rapper Tupac Shakur was killed in 1996.
Cherry prominently features his Maserati in a music video on YouTube.
“Out of everyone I know in the rapping industry, there is no way I would have ever, ever expected to find that he was shot on the Las Vegas Strip in such an aggressive manner,” said Vicki Greco, Cherry’s attorney. “He didn’t have a (criminal) record or a history. He was just a good kid trying to make it and be a good father.”
Cherry had two children, she said.
“First time in Vegas, and then, like, the whole thing, what you know from movies only — I was shocked,” said Christine Gerstenberger, who was visiting from Germany.
Thursday’s incident started about 4:20 a.m. with a dispute in the valet lot of the Aria hotel, about a block away, Gillespie said. Investigators haven’t confirmed the cause of the altercation, but he said it spilled onto the street.
The Maserati’s passenger and other witnesses are helping detectives piece together what happened, he said. The “top priority” for police is to find those who were inside the Range Rover, which sped away from the intersection.
John Lamb, who was inside Caesars Palace, told CNN affiliate KLAS that he heard the commotion and saw the taxi on fire from a window.
“There was a loud bang, and I heard two other booms. I looked out my window at Caesars Palace … and could see the fireball,” he told KLAS.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Crime Stoppers of Nevada at (702) 385-5555.
The suspect in a shooting that sparked a fiery crash on the Las Vegas Strip, leaving three people dead, was arrested at an apartment in the San Fernando Valley.
134 Comments to “Aspiring Rapper Killed in Vegas Shooting, Crash”
February 21, 2013 at 7:39 AM
The should have had automatic weapons!!! Clearly this would have been much better if the damn liberals let everyone have any gun they want!!
February 21, 2013 at 8:06 AM
No, probably just regular semi-automatic pistols. The taxi burst into flames because it collided with one of the cars.
February 21, 2013 at 8:06 AM
Who says they didn't?
February 21, 2013 at 8:44 AM
Just like the other peaceful places with lots and lots of automatic guns, say like the tribal areas of Pakistan?
The short term stop gap may be the ability to defend oneceself, but the long term solution is people living with respect for the law and willing to follow it.
February 21, 2013 at 1:03 PM
We got plenty o' tribal areas right here in the US… And I agree if the NRA had their way and full-auto weapons were available to everyone, the Maserati driver might have been killed faster so he wouldn't crash into the taxi and cause two innocent people to get killed.
Support the NRA.
February 21, 2013 at 1:06 PM
A federal 3-strikes law might help too – it works in states to make sure repeat offenders STAY in jail. Cost is high (for jailing these people) but the answer to that would be to offshore our prison system to China (they could house prisoners for a couple grand a year and still make a profit).
February 21, 2013 at 8:47 PM
Why don't we leave as much as possible to the states, the feds have way to much power now, at least if you read the 10th amendment.
February 22, 2013 at 12:30 AM
Right – and then take half our fed tax and give it to the state. Or better yet, force states to bear the responsibilty (they can raise revenue any way they see fit [a "crash tax" is getting popular]), and let the fed double defense spending ("what's good for defense contractors/their CEOs is good for America) and give $130B to the top 3% to see if THEN they'll have enough money to start creating some jobs. It all starts with giving more responsibility to states.
February 22, 2013 at 6:53 AM
That's how it was for over 150 years. Liberalism is a curious thing, and causes more problems than it solves.
February 22, 2013 at 1:38 PM
Why don't you guys go eat each other.
February 22, 2013 at 2:11 PM
He stated his opinion and I explained mine.
Isn't that the way it's supposed to work in debate?
February 21, 2013 at 3:53 PM
STFU A$$HOLE!
February 21, 2013 at 9:26 PM
We should also ban cars.
If it saves even one life, it's worth it.
February 22, 2013 at 1:21 PM
You are a first class fool
February 21, 2013 at 8:08 AM
Another gun story in the news to sway public opinion against guns.
You won't find these stories on the MSM:
http://concealedadvantage.weebly.com/ccw-stories….
February 21, 2013 at 8:45 AM
And if only violent people that chose the most violent solution to every problem would learn to live in peace, and not think like this:
24 minutes ago @ Breitbart.tv – Soldier Found Guilty i… · 1 reply · +1 points
The whole town needs locked in the church and the church set on fire. IMO
February 21, 2013 at 8:51 AM
That town is full of violent christians
February 21, 2013 at 8:54 AM
Sources.
If you want to attack and slander my religion you really should at least have three things for it.
1)sources outside of rumors you may have heard or may not have.
2)explain why those violent actions are part of the religion (a teaching of Christ)
3)use logic and facts over your hate and venom
February 21, 2013 at 8:58 AM
Like your biased sources that use?
You would attack the source and blame it on musliums.
When yu start using logics and facts then you will have room to talk.
Now creepy stalker go stalk someone else
February 21, 2013 at 9:00 AM
So, you have no sources. You have no teachings of Christ and yet here you are.
And I can do that. Surah 9, the next to last teaching of mohammed therefore the standing authority on how to treat unbelievers.
9:5 Then, when the sacred months have passed, slay the idolaters wherever ye find them, and take them (captive), and besiege them, and prepare for them each ambush. But if they repent and establish worship and pay the poor-due, then leave their way free. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
See how that works? No accusation, simple fact based on the undisputed source for all things islamic, the koran.
February 21, 2013 at 9:11 AM
I can do that to:
You must kill those who worship another god. Exodus 22:20
Kill any friends or family that worship a god that is different than your own. Deuteronomy 13:6-10
Kill all the inhabitants of any city where you find people that worship differently than you. Deuteronomy 13:12-16
Kill everyone who has religious views that are different than your own. Deuteronomy 17:2-7
Kill anyone who refuses to listen to a priest. Deuteronomy 17:12-13
See how that works? No accusation, simple fact based on the undisputed source for all things islamic, the koran/ christianity, and the bible
February 21, 2013 at 9:14 AM
See wee? You stick to muslim talking points and don't understand Christianity.
All those are ancient texts for Jews. Can you show a single one of Christ's teachings that advocate anything of the sort? I'm not Jewish.
February 21, 2013 at 9:11 AM
Your a stalker, stop stalking WTE, you know nothing of Christianity !!
February 21, 2013 at 9:15 AM
Fine, as soon as you can defend this quote of his.
24 minutes ago @ Breitbart.tv – Soldier Found Guilty i… · 1 reply · +1 points
"The whole town needs locked in the church and the church set on fire. IMO"
Until then, he's the troll that goes around attacking my religion. If you're a Christian you should be disappointed in that as well, if you're not a Christian then you don't really have a moral standing to make that call.
February 21, 2013 at 9:27 AM
He is a false christian and proves daily he does not follow the teachings of christ. He follows me from web site to web site, he has been doing this for two years.
February 21, 2013 at 9:31 AM
And you advocate violence. Which is worse?
24 minutes ago @ Breitbart.tv – Soldier Found Guilty i… · 1 reply · +1 points
The whole town needs locked in the church and the church set on fire. IMO
February 21, 2013 at 9:34 AM
You advocate for violence and think it's a decent thing to do under any circumstance:
Roger 168p • 49 minutes ago
Attacking you for just about anything is the only decent thing to do.
February 21, 2013 at 9:41 AM
I do think attacking sharia friendly barbarism and defending my values and religion is the right thing to do.
You admit you don't have normalcy in your values and think that your lack of normalcy would lead to a better world. I don't see your leaning towards violence as a better thing.
February 21, 2013 at 1:54 PM
I agree!
February 21, 2013 at 8:09 AM
Is that because law abiding citizens were involved in this shoot-out, so none of this would have happened if automatic weapons were banned? Liberals are just too smart….
February 21, 2013 at 8:11 AM
LAPD's fault
February 21, 2013 at 8:21 AM
ha
February 21, 2013 at 8:36 AM
this was Dorner involved shootout!
February 21, 2013 at 6:49 PM
No he's dead that's last weeks news
February 22, 2013 at 9:31 AM
ONE OF MY RIENDER WAS IN A SHOOT OUT?
February 21, 2013 at 9:07 AM
Wow, how absolutely wreck less
February 21, 2013 at 11:28 PM
lol I got thumbs down on this? why, because I didn't bash anybody or make racist remarks? Ya'll are funny.
February 21, 2013 at 9:22 AM
Im from Vegas and can literally see this from my office window. The early reports that KTLA is not stating is that the suspect has been identified as the rapper known as "Too Short". This has been confirmed via LVMPD. The scene outside is grotesque to say the least, as there are 2 bodies in the street, and a charred taxi cab. You can log onto KVVU.Com to see some better photos that KTLA is not showing. Such a sad thing that stuff like this happens everyday.
February 21, 2013 at 10:13 AM
where does it say the rapper is a suspect?
February 21, 2013 at 1:08 PM
A black SUV with black rims, and now a rapper??? this is starting to sound like a racial issue.
February 21, 2013 at 4:49 PM
Misleading info, before you post get the facts str8 (even from the site you suggested), it was not "too short" but a guy named "Kenny Clutch", a las vegas rapper……….
February 21, 2013 at 7:27 PM
Geo, Kenny clutch was the victim I the Maserati, they're stating Too Short was in the vehicle of the range rover and was seen on camera in the Aria Hotel valet getting in to the vehicle. So I would say my facts are pretty straight. Also, they spotted the Range Rover just south of Baker and news teams were dispatched to that area. You're welcome.
February 24, 2013 at 8:17 AM
Okay! So now that they've named the suspect and it is NOT Too Short, how straight are your facts?? Loser
February 21, 2013 at 5:52 PM
A rapper driving a black range rover with black rims and tented windows shooting at another vehicle, very very likely.
February 22, 2013 at 6:53 AM
What album is he on now, 27?
February 21, 2013 at 9:25 AM
Wow only 17 comments, this should draw nation wide attention, and thousands of idiots
February 21, 2013 at 5:45 PM
wow i hear ya, dummies everywere, never seems to end. i will post again when the dumb, dumbs are gone…..lol brains are not what ???
February 21, 2013 at 10:14 AM
Awesome !! just like cops and robbers
February 21, 2013 at 10:17 AM
More cartel violence masked by an agenda-driven journalism.
February 21, 2013 at 11:08 AM
Sorry, these are good ol' American rappers.
February 23, 2013 at 8:44 AM
Actually agree with you hit wrong thumb, sorry.
February 21, 2013 at 11:00 AM
I love big muscular negros…… no joke… im gay as f****!!
February 21, 2013 at 11:00 AM
That makes two of us, honey.
February 21, 2013 at 5:54 PM
Sooner or later you will get the HIV, and when the HIV gets you, there will be no loss to society.
February 22, 2013 at 9:49 AM
You are so sick and being gay is not your worst problem.
February 21, 2013 at 12:52 PM
Yes, every story about a shooting where people are killed is a propaganda plant. Murders were never reported before in the history of man until now by the MSM. Thankful for social media so that I now know the level of idiocy and paranoia of the average American right of center. But give it up kids, your numbers will stay in the about 25% area because the rest of us actually use our brains to think.
February 21, 2013 at 2:13 PM
The natives are restless again.
February 21, 2013 at 4:00 PM
Hold on to your gloat hardtack- it will be only a few more days until another "Jared Loughner" or "James Holmes" or "Adam Lanza" strikes again..then of course you'll slip back under your rock and pretend like nobody notices 'who' the perp was…
February 21, 2013 at 6:03 PM
It may be "your" bro or sis, so keep a close eye BCoble….
February 21, 2013 at 7:38 PM
It will be another darky, I am sure. It is the year of the brotha'
February 22, 2013 at 9:52 AM
No, you are not sure, especially when it comes to mass murderers, child molesters and entering schools to kill the innocent. No, you are not sure at all.
February 22, 2013 at 5:35 PM
I know most of those have been Hispanic
February 22, 2013 at 9:50 AM
Was Lanza a native?
February 22, 2013 at 5:35 PM
East Coast Italian, that's not white
February 21, 2013 at 3:54 PM
wow! amazing off all the stupid comments.
February 22, 2013 at 9:23 AM
YEAH PRETTY COOL HUH!!! HOPING FOR MORE!!!
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February 21, 2013 at 5:21 PM
Horrible for the people in the taxi that had nothing to do with thier squable.
February 21, 2013 at 6:51 PM
Sssssshhhhhhh, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas
February 22, 2013 at 9:52 AM
That's obviously not true.
February 21, 2013 at 8:18 PM
These punks probably headed back to Los Angeles and their gang. Smoke them out.
February 21, 2013 at 10:40 PM
At least it was an aspiring rapper.
February 21, 2013 at 11:46 PM
How are all these deaths 'aspiring rappers' they should've aspired to have some damn sense.
February 21, 2013 at 11:56 PM
The devil ha sbeen busy lately
February 22, 2013 at 12:31 AM
They didnt even used to allow negroes in vegas until about 1970…….negroes aint nothing but trouble anywhere they go or are……..an aspiring rapper?…..how bout,,,A COMMON COON!
February 22, 2013 at 1:49 AM
Hey mark! the retard that you are, you do make me laugh at times. So keep up those stale jokes. Alright BOY?
February 22, 2013 at 12:50 AM
Dog popped a cap in Clutch, dayyymmm
February 22, 2013 at 12:54 AM
When the perpetrators are caught, they should be sent to California so the liberals can "reform" them into basket weavers or typewriter technicians.
February 22, 2013 at 1:55 AM
As long as Mtv is stuck on retard the rappers will keep coming. American simpletons can't get enough.
It's time for Metal to rise again!
February 22, 2013 at 8:50 PM
I guess you love to see drugged out, long haired, guitar breaking drunks.
February 22, 2013 at 4:57 AM
Another rapper…NO your joking ! really ?? OMG !! take your rap and wrap it around your neck, really tight, no loss here, just another joke !!
February 22, 2013 at 5:31 AM
YOU CANT SPELL CRAP WITHOUT RAP
February 22, 2013 at 5:38 AM
HE NOT ASPIRED HE EXPIRED !!!
February 22, 2013 at 5:42 AM
HES NOT ASPIRED HE EXPIRED LOL
February 22, 2013 at 5:56 AM
SOMBODY POPPED THE CLUTCH CANT WAIT TO HEAR THE LYRICS TO DAT NEW RAP TUNE
February 22, 2013 at 6:33 AM
SOME BODY POPPED THE CLUTCH CAN WAIT FOR THE RAP TUNE
February 22, 2013 at 6:47 AM
He is a pimp. Can the trash of he world please stay out of Vegas. Thanks
February 22, 2013 at 6:54 AM
unfortunately vegas attracts the most disgusting people on the planet.
February 22, 2013 at 7:16 AM
When the smoke is cleared, rap lovers should worship Tupac Shakur because he's a God. He's like no others.
It's proven with the trace of His work in a such mysterious way.
September 7, 1996, Tupac Shakur was shot multiple times in a drive-by shooting at the intersection of Flamingo Road and Koval Lane. He died 6 days later.
On February 21, 2013, Kenneth Cherry Jr., a rapper also known as Kenny Clutch, was shot multiple times in a drive-by shooting at the intersection of Flamingo Road and Las Vegas Blvd. It started with an argument/altercation at Aria Hotel. After the shooting, the Range Rover was caught on Venetian surveillance video heading toward Koval Lane.
…
Go to google maps in a browser window. Click [Get directions].
In box A, copy and paste this "Koval Ln & E Flamingo Rd, Las Vegas, NV 89169" (location where Tupac was shot)
In box B, copy and paste this "S Las Vegas Blvd & NV-592 W, Las Vegas, NV 89109" (location where Kenneth Cherry Jr. was shot)
Click [Add destination], you see box C opened.
In box C, copy and paste this "3730 North Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas, NV 89109" (it is the address of Aria Hotel)
Now, click [Get directions]
Going back from C to B to A, the altercation at Aria was to initiate the journey. Kenneth Cherry Jr. was picked up at half way to join Tupac Shakur at where he was to where he is. The delivery was violent involving some people's deaths, but perhaps that's how Tupac the God got his junior companion delivered to him. The transport vehicle, the SUV headed toward Koval then disappeared. Kenneth Cherry Jr. was chosen by God.
February 22, 2013 at 9:20 AM
We are all a little bit dumber for reading that post.
February 22, 2013 at 12:22 PM
SHUT UP
February 22, 2013 at 7:20 AM
I knew it! I knew it! Any car with tricked out chromed wheels are up to no goot.
February 22, 2013 at 8:09 AM
What's goot ????
February 22, 2013 at 8:42 AM
Sista dats ders a boot made for a goat a goot lol :0)
February 22, 2013 at 8:54 AM
GOAT MEAT SERVED IN A BOOT THEY WENT OUT GOOT BUT THEY DIDNT GET NONE NO GOOT
February 22, 2013 at 9:00 AM
WTF IS IT TYPO DAY? THEY WENT OUT FOR GOOT, BUT THEY DIDNT GET NONE, NO GOOT
February 22, 2013 at 10:13 AM
Thanks for clearing that up for me, i had no idea !!
February 22, 2013 at 7:57 AM
Looks like the clutch went out for good.
February 22, 2013 at 8:10 AM
Looks like the clutch went out for goot.
February 22, 2013 at 8:05 AM
With each senseless gun violence, the position of the extremist conservative Teapublican and NRA nutjobs frows weaker and weaker. They sound like a broken record bleating out the same lies everytime despite all the evidence proving them wrong again and again. Of course the teapublicans and NRA puppets lack the mental capacity to accept the facts and simply repeat the extremist NRA message.
February 22, 2013 at 8:28 AM
Where the hell do you live ? Have you ever been assaulted violently? sounds like your political ideology comes from the main stream simulacra media machine.Wake up, Look around pal or better yet come to Los Angeles where fantasy meets reality !! and if you are white it will hit you pretty hard real quick. Stop balaming and really start experiencing and learning what REALITY is all about.
And turn off that damn television as it is the most powerful, frightening and destructive instrument of control that we are up against. Best wishes.
February 22, 2013 at 1:50 PM
You… my friend…. are a little scared Bitch
February 22, 2013 at 8:09 AM
MTV and that lame BET have to ban these worthless rappers. Rap is pure garbage and sends the wrong message to the youth of this country.
Too bad for the innocents in this senseless act.
February 22, 2013 at 9:17 AM
CLUTCH YOU THINK HE COULD HAVEPICKED A NAME A LITTLE LESS STUPID, BRAINLESS LOSER…
February 22, 2013 at 9:41 AM
ASPIRING SHLONG MUNCHER
February 22, 2013 at 9:56 AM
What Happens in Vegas Stays in Vegas.
February 22, 2013 at 10:15 AM
Good, another nigger rapper is dead. Yeaaaaa!
February 22, 2013 at 10:23 AM
Aspiring Rapper. What the hell does that mean? All that Trash Rap sound (notice I did not use the word Music?) is nothing but ghetto stuff that glorify violence, Guns, Gold teeth, Big Ass girls shaking there fat ass around. These thugs do nothing but try to kill each other. so sad…..
February 22, 2013 at 10:29 AM
Perhaps the shooter(s) didn't like this guys' brand of "the Dozens". Hope they get caught..
February 22, 2013 at 1:47 PM
What a waste, Its a shame how they will let anyone drive a Maserati. Hopefully it can be repaired.
The auto dealer that sold it should face jail time.
February 22, 2013 at 1:49 PM
I have poo poo
February 22, 2013 at 1:55 PM
Celebrate Diversity. You go Crippin, You find Slobs.
And cops that show up after the guns are gone,
February 22, 2013 at 2:04 PM
http://youtu.be/rtD93xdxe28 A look at the aspiring lil sh&t
February 22, 2013 at 2:07 PM
His parents must be so proud.. er I mean stoned and loading up for their payback-drive by.
February 22, 2013 at 3:22 PM
Wonder why the cars they were driving & the guns they were using weren't manufactured & produced by a negro owned company?……..LMFAO at deez trhangz!………wonder why there's NOTHING deez creatures use & consume thats ACTUALLY manufactured & produced by a negro owned company?………WONDER WHY THAT IS?……….are these thangz 100% human, or are they sub-human?………..LOFL!!!……….do you think our govt should have unleashed chained creatures into our society?…….how's it working out?……LMFAO!……..an aspiring rapper is just another term for,,,,UNEMPLOYED NEGRO!
February 22, 2013 at 4:44 PM
Is anyone surprised?????
February 22, 2013 at 5:37 PM
see what that bad boy image will get you