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Chicago rapper King Von was among three people who were killed in a shooting involving police outside a club Friday in Atlanta.
The incident started at about 3:20am when two groups of males started arguing with each other outside of Monaco Hookah Lounge, and the two groups exchanged gunfire, Atlanta police said.
Two off-duty officers who were in uniform working an extra job at the lounge, along with an on-duty officer who was patrolling nearby, confronted the groups and opened fire, police said.
“Three of the persons shot in the incident have died as a result of their wounds and three others are being treated in area hospitals,” police said.
“The officers were not injured.”
Police confirmed that King Von, whose real name is Dayvon Bennett, was among those killed in the shooting. The identities of the other people who were shot have not been released.