{"id":222266,"date":"2026-04-07T17:47:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T17:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/222266\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T17:47:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T17:47:10","slug":"offset-smokes-cigarette-outside-hospital-after-being-shot-in-the-leg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/222266\/","title":{"rendered":"Offset smokes cigarette outside hospital after being shot in the leg"},"content":{"rendered":"

Offset was photographed smoking a cigarette outside of a Florida hospital after he was shot in the leg. <\/a><\/p>\n

The \u201cTaste\u201d rapper appeared slightly distressed as he crouched over in an ICU wheelchair alongside his mom, Latabia Woodward, and a hospital employee on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The hitmaker, who wore a hospital gown and gray socks, lifted his gown to reveal his left thigh to the worker.<\/p>\n

Offset was spotted smoking a cigarette on Monday after he was tragically shot in the leg. MiamiPIXX\/VAEM \/ BACKGRID<\/p>\n

The rapper let off steam while outside of a Florida hospital. MiamiPIXX\/VAEM \/ BACKGRID<\/p>\n

Offset \u2014 born Kiari Kendrell Cephus \u2014 engaged in conversation with Woodward and the employee, who were attentive to him.<\/p>\n

The \u201cOpen It Up\u201d crooner, 34, was transported to the hospital after he was shot while at the valet area of the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida, on Monday night.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cHe is stable and being closely monitored,\u201d\u00a0a rep for the hitmaker told Page Six.<\/p>\n

He wore a hospital gown and socks. MiamiPIXX\/VAEM \/ BACKGRID<\/p>\n

Offset sat in a wheelchair with a hospital worker and his mom, Latabia Woodward. MiamiPIXX\/VAEM \/ BACKGRID<\/p>\n

At one point, he lifted his gown to reveal his thigh. MiamiPIXX\/VAEM \/ BACKGRID<\/p>\n

At the time, Seminole County police told Page Six that the \u201cincident began with an affray, or fight,\u201d\u00a0and \u201cresulted in non-life-threatening injuries.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSeminole Police were on site immediately, and the situation was contained quickly. Two individuals have been detained by police,\u201d the police said, ensuring that there was no threat to the public.<\/p>\n

Lil Tjay \u2014 \u00a0born Tione Jayden Merrit \u2014 was later arrested and charged<\/a> with misdemeanor disorderly conduct-affray.<\/p>\n

The \u201cTaste\u201d rapper appeared slightly distressed. MiamiPIXX\/VAEM \/ BACKGRID<\/p>\n

Offset looked down while beside his mom. MiamiPIXX\/VAEM \/ BACKGRID<\/p>\n

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He was booked into the Broward County Jail with his bond set to $500.<\/p>\n

An attorney for the \u201cCalling My Phone\u201d emcee, Dawn Florio, denied her client\u2019s <\/a>involvement in the shooting.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are issuing this release in regards to false rumors that Lil Tjay was involved in a shooting \u2026 which [resulted] in non-life-threatening injuries to Offset, formerly a member of Migos,\u201d the lawyer wrote via Instagram.<\/p>\n

At one point, he put his hands on his head. MiamiPIXX\/VAEM \/ BACKGRID<\/p>\n

Lil TJay was arrested and charged with misdemeanor disorderly conduct-affray. His lawyer denied any wrongdoing. Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cLil Tjay has not been shot, nor has Lil Tjay been charged with any shooting. Any reporting to the contrary is false,\u201d\u00a0the statement continued.<\/p>\n

The shooter\u2019s identity has yet to be confirmed.<\/p>\n

Before the shooting occurred, Offset was photographed talking and posing with fans in the valet area of the hotel, with a witness describing him as \u201crelaxed and friendly.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Offset was photographed smoking a cigarette outside of a Florida hospital after he was shot in the leg.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":222267,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[100662,9633,28,30,29,5078,1407,100325,6889,45880],"class_list":{"0":"post-222266","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida","8":"tag-celebrity-feuds","9":"tag-celebrity-news","10":"tag-florida","11":"tag-florida-headlines","12":"tag-florida-news","13":"tag-hospital","14":"tag-music","15":"tag-offset","16":"tag-shootings","17":"tag-smoking"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222266\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}