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The incident that led to rap star Offset being shot outside a Florida casino has now reached the federal level.
FBI Launches Investigation Into Offset Casino Shooting
According to a Tuesday (April 14) report from Local10.com, the FBI has launched a federal investigation into the incident.
And amid their investigation, more details about the incident have also been released. Not only was Offset shot, but the assailants also attempted to remove his watch from his wrist. But fortunately for the rap star, they were unsuccessful.
“A large group of subjects assaulted a lone victim when one of the subjects produced a handgun and fired a single shot, which struck the victim,” the FBI said in a news release caught by the outlet. “After the shots were fired, the subjects then attempted to remove the wounded victim’s watch. The watch was not stolen.”
The FBI also released pictures of the alleged suspects. Three African-American men who appear to be in the age range of their mid-twenties to early thirties.
One is dressed in a red T-shirt, blue shorts, and a cross-body bag as he talks on the cell phone. Another man with cornrows, a black and white t-shirt, and blue shorts. And a third fair-skinned black male with a backwards snapback cap and gray t-shirt. Feds also released pictures of two dark colored SUVs that the assailants used to flee the scene.
Offset’s shooting case is now being investigated by the FBI, which has released photos of suspects and two SUVs allegedly tied to the incident.
— Kurrco (@Kurrco) April 14, 2026
According to the FBI and Seminole Police Department, the suspects fled in a matte gray Chevrolet Tahoe and a black Chevrolet Suburban… pic.twitter.com/zgMmoQnspf
The catalyst of the melee was a beef between Offset and Bronx rapper Lil Tjay. Over a debt dispute that was never resolved. Initial reports suggested that Tjay ordered a group of men he was with to physically harm him once they spotted him outside of the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida. And one of the men pulled out a gun and shot Offset.
Thankfully, the rapper did not suffer any major injuries and should make a full recovery
