{"id":222324,"date":"2026-04-07T18:33:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T18:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/222324\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T18:33:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T18:33:18","slug":"offset-recovering-after-shooting-at-south-florida-casino-rapper-lil-tjay-detained-charged-with-disorderly-conduct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/222324\/","title":{"rendered":"Offset recovering after shooting at South Florida casino; rapper Lil Tjay detained, charged with disorderly conduct"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hip hop star Offset is recovering in a South Florida hospital after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/atlanta\/news\/offset-shot-in-south-florida-near-hard-rock-casino-atlanta-rapper-hospitalized-stable\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">a shooting at the valet area of the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino<\/a>, where rapper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/liltjay\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Lil Tjay<\/a> was detained and later charged with disorderly conduct, though not in connection with the gunfire.<\/p>\n<p>According to Seminole police, just after 7 p.m. Monday, officers were on-site immediately after the shooting, which took place at the Hollywood entertainment venue located just north of Miami. Authorities said &#8220;the situation was contained quickly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Police initially said in a statement on Monday night that two people had been detained, but on Tuesday morning it was announced that one of those people was not facing charges.<\/p>\n<p>In an updated release sent out by Seminole police, the other person has been arrested in connection to the incident.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/gettyimages-2269660373.jpg#.jpeg\" alt=\"Lil Tjay Booking Photo \" height=\"775\" width=\"620\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  Tione Jayden &#8220;Lil Tjay&#8221; Merritt.<\/p>\n<p>                Broward County Sheriff&#8217;s Office<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The investigation to identify one or more additional persons involved in the incident are ongoing,&#8221; Seminole police said in the statement.<\/p>\n<p>According to police the shooting took place after a fight broke out in the valet area of the hotel and casino.<\/p>\n<p>Rapper &#8220;Lil Tjay&#8221; charged with disorderly conduct after Offset shooting<\/p>\n<p>Police said Tione Jayden Merritt, 24, also known as rapper Lil Tjay, was charged with disorderly conduct and was booked into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/miami\/tag\/broward-county\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Broward County<\/a> Jail late Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>He has not been charged in connection with the shooting, and his lawyer released a statement about rumors swirling about his involvement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Lil Tjay has not been shot, nor has Lil Tjay been charged with any shooting,&#8221; attorney Dawn M. Florio said in a statement. &#8220;Any reporting to the contrary is false. We encourage people to consult trusted new sources, and to verify the accuracy of any reporting, before reflexively sharing or repeating baseless rumors.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Offset was married to rapper Cardi B<\/p>\n<p>Offset and Cardi B had been secretly married back in September of 2017 and share three children together.<\/p>\n<p>However, Cardi B announced that she field for divorce from Offset in 2024. According to reports, that divorce was finalized.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/cbsmiami-offset-cardi-b-1.jpg#.jpeg\" alt=\"2023 Video Music Awards - Arrivals \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  NEWARK, NEW JERSEY &#8211; SEPTEMBER 12: Offset and Cardi B attend the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards at Prudential Center on September 12, 2023 in Newark, New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p>                Catherine Powell<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n<p>  <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hip hop star Offset is recovering in a South Florida hospital after a shooting at the valet area&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":222325,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[506,265,104,686,123,125,124,215,807],"class_list":{"0":"post-222324","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-miami","8":"tag-broward-county","9":"tag-crime","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-hollywood","12":"tag-miami","13":"tag-miami-headlines","14":"tag-miami-news","15":"tag-shooting","16":"tag-south-florida"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222324","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=222324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222324\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}