WE START OFF TONIGHT WITH
BREAKING NEWS.
HEAVY POLICE PRESS SENTENCES
WEST BALTIMORE AFTER HUNDREDS
GATHERED FOLLOWING A VIGIL TO
REMEMBER A LOCAL RAPPER THAT
WAS SHOT AND KILLED OVER THE
WEEKEND.
SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
ARRESTED TONIGHT.
NADIA SINGH IS OUT THERE LIVE
ON THE SCENE.
WE JOIN HER LIVE WITH THE
LATEST.
I KNOW THE COMMISSIONER WAS OUT
THERE NOT TOO LONG AGO.
Reporter: HE WAS.
A VERY SCARRY NIGHT IN WEST
BALTIMORE.
THIS WAS AN AREA NOT A STRANGE
TORE THIS.
-- STRANGER TO THIS.
LOR SCOOTA WAS GUNNED DOWN
SATURDAY AFTER HE LEFT A PEACE
RALLY AT MORGAN STATE
UNIVERSITY.
HERE'S VIDEO WE SHOT MOMENTS
AGO.
THIS IS THE SCENE RIGHT NOW AT
THE 1500-BLOCK OF PENNSYLVANIA
AVENUE, THERE'S ABOUT 50 POLICE
OFFICERS THERE RIGHT NOW MAKING
A LINE, TRYING TO MAKE SURE
THAT THE CROWDS STAY CAMERA AND
PEACEFUL.
SEEMS LIKE OUTSIDE OF JUST A
FEW ARRESTS WE SAW MOMENTS AGO,
IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE MUCH IS
GOING ON.
BUT THE FOLKS I SPOKE TO TODAY,
THEY TOLD ME THEY WERE HERE FOR
UNITY TO COMING TO TO REMEMBER
A MAN THEY CALL A PILLAR OF THE
COMMUNITY.
IN THE 21st CENTURY IN 2016,
EVERYONE IS ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
EVERYONE'S ON FACEBOOK,
TWITTER, WHAT HAVE YOU.
AND WE NEED SOME VIDEO FROM THE
INCIDENT.
Reporter: POLICE FROM
INVESTIGATORS HAVE BEEN COMING
FOR DAYS AS THE BALTIMORE
COMMUNITY MOURNS RAPPER LOR
SCOOTA.
EVERYBODY THAT'S STANDING
HERE, HE REPRESENTATIVES ALL OF
US.
THE STRUGGLES, EVERYTHING.
HE DID A LOT FOR THE CITY,
FOR THE KIDS.
HE MADE A DIFFERENCE IN
BALTIMORE.
IT'S HURTFUL.
IT'S REALLY PAINFUL.
Reporter: HUNDREDS LINE THE
STREETS NEAR PENNSYLVANIA
AVENUE AND WEST BALTIMORE
BLARING HIS MARTIN LUTHER KING
MUSIC.
THE KILLING HAS TO STOP.
I'M HERE TO STOP THE VIOLENCE
AND HAVE PEACE IN OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD.
Reporter: THOSE THAT NEW THE
RAPPER SAY HIS MUSIC WAS ABOUT
LIVE REALITIES BUT HE SPOKE OUT
AGAINST VIOLENCE AND HATE.
HE WAS REPRESENTING
EVERYTHING WE COME FROM.
IF YOU LISTEN TO HIS MUSIC, YOU
SHERRY IN HIS MUSIC -- HEAR IT
IN HIS MUSIC.
IT'S NOT RIGHT THAT EVERYBODY
IS GOING THROUGH ALL OF THIS
AND THAT, AND PEOPLE ARE
GETTING MURDERED.
Reporter: FRIENDS AND FAMILY
RELEASED BALLOONS TO HONOR HIM.
HE WAS MY BEST FRIEND, HE
MEANT OVER TOING ME.
HE WAS LIKE A REAL -- MEANT
EVERYTHING TO ME.
HE WAS A REAL GOOD PERSON.
Reporter: THOSE CLOSE TO HIM
WILL NEVER HEAL BUT SAILOR
SCOOTA WILL ALWAYS -- SAY HE
WILL ALWAYS BE IN THEIR HEARTS.
BACK OUT HERE LIVE IN WEST
BALTIMORE, A HEAVY POLICE
PRESENCE ON THE SCREEN, WE'RE
TWO BLOCKS AWAY FROM WHERE THE
ACTION IS GOING ON.
WE HAVE NO REPORTS OF ANY
INJURIES AT THIS TIME.
BUT AS WE MENTIONED, THERE HAVE
BEEN SEVERAL ARRESTS.
RIGHT NOW, POLICE ARE SAYING
THEY'RE BEING FLOODED WITH TIPS
AND INFORMATION ABOUT WHO MAY
HAVE GUNNED DOWN LOR SCOOTA.
THEY'RE HAVING FOR THE PUBLIC'S
HELP AND CORPORATION TONIGHT IN
STAYING OUT OF THE AREA AND
TRYING TO KEEP THE PEACE HERE.
WE'LL HAVE MORE FOR YOU LATER
ON.
POLICE NEED YOUR HELP TRYING
CATCH A KILLER.
YOU CAN TEXT SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS
TO THE NUMBER ON THE SCREEN.
YOU CAN ALSO SEND AN E-MAIL TO
HOMICIDETIPS AT BALTIMORE
POLICE POLICE.ORG OR CALL
METEOR CRIME STOPPERS.