{"id":232383,"date":"2026-04-15T07:15:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T07:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/232383\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T07:15:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T07:15:17","slug":"rapper-offset-ambushed-by-large-group-in-florida-casino-robbery-attempt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/232383\/","title":{"rendered":"Rapper Offset ambushed by large group in Florida casino robbery attempt"},"content":{"rendered":"

The rapper Offset was ambushed by a \u201clarge group\u201d of people who tried to rob him<\/a> outside a Florida casino last week when he was shot in the leg, the FBI said Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Federal investigators said that they are still searching for the suspects who assaulted Offset<\/a> last Monday night outside of Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood, just north of Miami. Throughout the assault, a single shot was fired into Offset\u2019s leg before an unsuccessful attempt to remove the rapper\u2019s watch, the statement said. Offset, who rose to fame as part of the influential hip-hop trio Migos<\/a>, was hospitalized for a couple of days, but swiftly returned to the stage at a performance at a music festival at the University of Arkansas on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The suspects fled the scene in two Chevrolet SUVs that went in separate directions: A black Suburban that fled towards Hollywood, Florida, and a Tahoe that fled southbound towards Miami.<\/p>\n

Following the shooting, officers detained two people, but law enforcement hasn\u2019t shared evidence to directly tying either one to the shooting. <\/p>\n

One of the people detained was rapper Lil Tjay, born Tione Jayden Merritt. He was arrested in connection with an altercation that occurred before the shooting, the Seminole Police Department in Florida said. He was charged with disorderly conduct and operating a vehicle without a valid license. His lawyer, Dawn M. Florio, told The Associated Press last week that Lil Tjay did not have a gun and was not charged with any weapons or gun-related crimes. He was swiftly released after posting bond.<\/p>\n

Offset, born Kiari Kendrell Cephus, launched his career with Migos, one of the most popular hip-hop groups of all time. The Atlanta trio is celebrated for their rapid-fire triplet flow, an often-imitated delivery that changed the trajectory of trap.<\/p>\n

The group had several multiplatinum selling singles, including \u201cBad and Boujee,\u201d which went No. 1 on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 chart, \u201cStir Fry,\u201d and \u201cNarcos.\u201d Migos released four full-length albums across their career.<\/p>\n

More than three years ago, Offset\u2019s cousin Takeoff, another member of Migos, was shot and killed<\/a> at a Houston bowling alley.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The rapper Offset was ambushed by a \u201clarge group\u201d of people who tried to rob him outside a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":232384,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[265,103937,104,1882,28,30,29,477,3367,1598,100344,100325,6889,36857,1110],"class_list":{"0":"post-232383","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida","8":"tag-crime","9":"tag-dawn-m-florio","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-fl-state-wire","12":"tag-florida","13":"tag-florida-headlines","14":"tag-florida-news","15":"tag-general-news","16":"tag-gun-violence","17":"tag-law-enforcement","18":"tag-lil-tjay","19":"tag-offset","20":"tag-shootings","21":"tag-u-s-federal-bureau-of-investigation","22":"tag-u-s-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232383","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=232383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232383\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}