India, Nov. 2 -- A shooting took place in South Los Angeles' Vermont-Slauson neighborhood on Saturday, leaving one person dead. The incident occurred in the 6900 block of South Figueroa Street and 69th Street, west of the Harbor (110) Freeway, MyNewsLA reported, citing a LAPD spokesperson.

Several reports alleged that the person shot and killed was rapper Baby Uiie. Outlets like channelblk.tv and rosecransmedia which report on LA's hip-hop scene said that Big Uiie had been gunned down on Halloween night. As per rosecransmedia, Big Uiie was shot around 11pm after leaving a smoke shop at the 69th block of Figueroa. HT.com could not independently verify this information.

LAPD confirmed to MyNewsLA that they'd responded to a shooting at a s...