Fabolous Wounded and Booked in NYC Def Jam rapper Fabolous was Tuesday morning shot in the leg as he and three other men left an NFL Players' event at P. Diddy's downtown New York restaurant, Justin's.According to New York Police Department spokesperson Sergeant Mike Wysokowski, the gunman hit Fabolous, AKA John Jackson, in a parking garage, then the rapper, with entourage in tow, jumped into a white Dodge Magnum and fled. The car reportedly ran a red light and police, in route to the scene of the shooting, pulled it over, finding two unlicensed, loaded guns- a 9mm and .40 caliber-during a subsequent search. The four men were arrested, and Jackson was shipped to a hospital for treatment. Sergeant Wysokowski presumes, though none have been filed yet, charges against the men will include criminal possession of a weapon. He added that in New York anyone caught in a vehicle with unlicensed guns is by law "in possession" of them. Jackson's shooter is still at large.Jackson was in 2003 arrested and charged with criminal weapons possession after police halted a van he was riding in and found a loaded 9mm gun. Jackson's bodyguard later provided proof of ownership for the gun. Jackson said he planned to sue NYC for $5 million on grounds that he was falsely arrested.
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