Rapper Cam'ron Shot Three Times In Washington, DC
By Nolan Strong
Date: 10/23/2005 4:30 am

http://www.allhiphop.com/hiphopnews/

Superstar rapper Cam’ron was shot three times in Washington, DC this morning (Oct. 23) sources have revealed to AllHipHop.com.

The Harlem, New York native was leaving club H20 en-route to Love (formerly Dream) when three unknown gunmen approached the rapper.

While details are sketchy, eyewitnesses said the men were seeking the rapper’s pricey Lamborghini, which he was driving while in town for a performance over the weekend.

“They were after that car,” an eyewitness told AllHipHop.com. “Cam refused to give it up and attempted to drive away and they shot up the car.”

Cam’ron was struck three times and while officials have not released his actual status, sources said at least one bullet struck the rapper in the arm.

His injures are allegedly not life threatening and the rapper was treated at Howard University Hospital.

“Juelz, Jim [Jones] and other Dip-Set members are with him at the hospital right now,” the source said.

Cam’ron, CEO of Diplomat Records, has been driving the blue Lamborghini since at least June of 2005.

"I bought the Lamborghini especially for New York," Cam'ron told a 106 & Park audience prior to being arrested. “Because we figure that we can only see stuff like this in Miami, but I am bringing it to the streets of New York."

In July, police in Harlem stopped the rapper and arrested him while driving the Italian sports car for driving with a suspended license.

Officials at Howard University Hospital declined comment and police did not comment at press

PleasurePrinciple said:

hmm, i think i better check other sources because this site is usually not trust worthy...
when i said this site is usually not trustworthy, i meant hiphop.com site, not the prince.org site...just to clear things up...
[Edited 10/23/05 19:06pm]

reported in new york times as well:

http://www.nytimes.com/ap...oting.html

I wonder what the Bloods that chill with him are gonna do now in retaliation...start jumping chanting "DIPSET DIPSET DIPSET" as usual?
[Edited 10/23/05 16:42pm]

Jeez! Why?

okay, here we go again, yet another rapper shot....

Eeenie, meenie, miney, mo....which rapper will be the next to go?

vainandy said:

they just showed a news clip of him in a wheelchair being interviewed. he was eating popcorn or candy, and throwing up stupid "gang signs". typical

Just three? Pussy.

he was here for howard universitys homecoming, its true

He could've just given them the car; I think it would've looked so ostentatious that it would have made it mad easy for the cops to catch the carjackers...or who knows, I could be wrong...don't really know on this one...

ne r e s

GangstaFam said:

Why? Do you really have to ask that question. He's a thug and hangs with thugs and gang members. I can't believe that someone has to ask why.

Number23 said:

update:
D.C. Police Uncertain Rapper Was Carjacking Victim
>
> By Del Quentin Wilber
> Washington Post Staff Writer
> Tuesday, October 25, 2005; Page B02
>
> D.C. police are investigating a range of possible motives behind the
> weekend shooting of a prominent hip-hop artist, saying they are not
> convinced that he was the victim of an attempted carjacking.
>
> Police have made no arrests in the wounding of Cameron "Cam'ron"
> Giles, who was shot at least twice as he waited at a traffic signal
> in his 2006 Lamborghini, authorities said. The shooting took place
> about 12:15 a.m. Sunday in Northwest Washington.
>
> Giles, who was wounded in both arms, was treated at Howard
> University Hospital and released the same day. His manager has said
> he believes the violence came during a "botched carjacking."
>
> Investigators said they are examining several other potential
> motives and have not settled on one theory. They said Giles could
> have been shot in an attempted execution, targeted in retaliation
> for a perceived slight or fired upon in an incidence of road rage.
>
> Although investigators have not ruled out carjacking as a
> possibility, police officials said evidence and witnesses are
> pointing them in other directions.
>
> Giles, nicknamed "Killa Cam," was in the District for Howard
> University's homecoming and a celebrity-filled party Saturday night.
> After leaving the nightclub H2O in Southwest Washington, he drove
> alone in his Lamborghini and stopped at a red light at New York and
> New Jersey avenues NW, police said.
>
> A burgundy Ford Expedition stopped beside him, police said. A man
> got out of the sport utility vehicle and, without saying a word,
> opened fire on Giles, police said.
>
> A pink SUV filled with the rapper's friends was nearby when the
> shooting started, authorities said.
>
> The actions of the gunman and the proximity of Giles's friends are
> among the reasons police do not believe carjacking was the motive,
> investigators said.
>
> "If you are going to carjack a car, you don't shoot first. You try
> to get the driver out of the car," said one police official,
> speaking on condition of anonymity because the case is under
> investigation. "You also wouldn't do that in front of people."
>
> The rapper's manager, Joseph "Big Joe" Sherman, said Sunday that
> Giles's entourage became separated from the Lamborghini and was not
> nearby when the shooting occurred. Sherman also said Sunday that the
> assailant was trying to steal Giles's expensive sports car.
>
> Sherman maintained his assessment yesterday.
>
> "It was a random act," Sherman said.
>
> Giles could not be reached for comment. His spokeswoman said he was
> resting.
>
> After the shooting, the gunman jumped back into the Expedition,
> which police believe was also occupied by another man, and drove
> away. The SUV was chased by two officers with the Federal Protective
> Service who were patrolling nearby, police said.
>
> The vehicle crashed in the 600 block of U Street NW, briefly
> trapping the two men, police said. The gunman shot out a window and
> the men escaped, police said.
>
> Police said they recovered a wealth of evidence from the scene and
> were able to locate the Expedition's owner, who said he had lent the
> SUV to a friend.
>
> Upon being discharged from the hospital Sunday afternoon, Giles
> said "it was a sloppy job on their part," referring to the men in
> the Expedition.
>
> "They didn't get anything," he said, pointing to the rows of shiny
> chains on his neck. A friend said that Giles was wearing $200,000
> worth of diamonds and other jewelry at the time of the shooting.
>
> Giles was in town to support artists on his label, Diplomat Records,
> and to party, said his spokeswoman, Lynn Hobson.
>
> His forthcoming album, called "Killa Season," will be released in
> February, Hobson said yesterday.
>
> Staff writer Hamil R. Harris and staff researcher Bobbye Pratt
> contributed to this report.

I wonder if he'll renounce violence in his music

PleasurePrinciple said:

Hamil R. Harris is the man. Great to see that brotha's still in the biz...

update:
*CAM’RON THINKS TWICE ABOUT BOTCHED
CARJACKING THEORY

Rapper gives details
of incident to MTV; says shooting was no
publicity stunt.

*The day before a leaked police affidavit
revealed that a D.C. Protective Service officer
witnessed Cam’ron’s shooting during Howard’s
homecoming weekend, the rapper said he is
no longer 100 percent sure that the incident
was an attempted carjacking, as he had
previously thought.
"I don't think anybody would do a carjacking
that randomly in front of that many people," he
told MTV Tuesday. "For Howard [University's]
homecoming, a bunch of people is outside."
Cam said he had initially thought the assailant
was approaching his car as a fan seeking an
autograph or passing along a demo.
"So many [fans] been hopping out on me
all weekend, I seen [the assailant] in my
peripheral, but I didn't pay too much attention
to it," he said about the incident as it first
unfolded. "When he hopped out [of his
vehicle], I seen him waving something. I
wasn't sure if it was a CD or whatever. Then
I looked when he came in front of my car
and seen it was a gun. I thought he was an
undercover [cop]. I'm like, 'Money is waving
a gun in front of a lot of people here.' I'm
looking like, 'What this dude is bugging for?'
He's pulling on my car door like, 'Get out.' I'm
like, 'I'm not getting out, you bugging.' Then
he shot through the car. That's when I stepped
on the gas."
Cam’ron, whose real name is Cameron
Giles, sped off in his blue Lamborghini to find
a hospital, but the car – now riddled with bullets –
broke down en route. A fan ended up driving
the artist to Howard University hospital.
"Basically I just wanted to find a hospital,"
said Cam, who still does not have feeling in his
right pinky or ring finger due to one of the
bullets hitting a nerve. "I'm not really from D.C.,
so I don't know the area. I started doing stuff to
get the police's attention, so they could direct me
to the hospital. I was driving down the wrong way
[on a one-way street]. ... It seemed like no cops
was around. That's all I was thinking about. I
wasn't thinking about [death] because I didn't
feel like I got hit in my stomach or my chest
or my head or anything."

Damn, ya'll are late.

missfee said:

Allhiphop.com is one of the few 100% reliable sources on the net unlike SOHH.com (who post rumors and hearsay as news)

In fact, allhiphop.com were the first one's to report it...even before MTV.com, CNN.com, BET.com, Nytimes.com, etc.
[Edited 11/4/05 13:08pm]