On Wednesday (March 1), Safaree Samuels revealed to his 3.5 million Insta-followers {that a} stray bullet practically hit him.
“I nearly acquired shot in my head by a stray bullet!! I used to be inches away from the place the bullet holes got here from!! For this reason I can’t f**king stand Atlanta!!! THANK GOD OMGGG,” Samuels wrote on his Instagram Story. “That’s why I don’t really feel sorry for you criminals!!”
The Love & Hip-Hop: Atlanta star shared these phrases on a video exhibiting the place he stood when the bullet entered. In a second publish, Safaree confirmed the shattered shell in somebody’s hand and added particulars in regards to the near-hit.
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“I can’t consider that simply occurred!!! Whoever that was had a swap on his gun and let off 10 pictures in 3 seconds,” Safaree wrote.
He didn’t present further particulars on-line however spoke completely with The Shade Room about what occurred and the place he was at. Samuels revealed his barber has a cell store, which he was visiting when a stray bullet entered the trailer following a street rage incident.
“A man in a pickup truck minimize off somebody, and he cornered him and began [shooting] a gun with a swap. They ended up assembly ramming one another proper exterior the trailer, and that’s how the stray bullets began coming via the place we have been at,” Safaree advised TSR. “He let of 10 pictures into the man’s rear of his automotive after which simply shot on the trailer additionally for no purpose. This was all street rage and an fool with a gun.”
In July 2021, the Atlanta Journal-Structure reported that not less than 45 shootings occurred on Atlanta-area roadways that 12 months. Of these, fifteen folks died, and a number of other others sustained accidents.
Following the incident, Samuels says police questioned him in regards to the incident. They needed to ensure he wasn’t an meant goal. Nevertheless, Safaree says the perpetrators “skated.” Right now, it’s unclear if there’s an energetic seek for the folks concerned.
Samuels and his barber, the one two folks within the trailer on the time of the taking pictures, weren’t harm within the incident. Nevertheless, he advised TSR he was standing about six to 12 inches from the place the bullet landed.
On Wednesday, the artist took to his Insta Story once more with a grateful message.
“I’m protected by God & the blood of JESUS!!!! No weapon shaped towards me shall prosper!! Thanking my fortunate stars tonight!! For actual,” he wrote.
In 2018, Safaree additionally had one other shut name involving a gun. Two males robbed him at gunpoint in New York. Surveillance footage confirmed Samuels standing in a parking storage when Shawn Harewood and Jonathan Ricketts. The boys searched the pockets of Safaree’s crimson fur coat, ultimately stealing about $183,000 price of money and jewellery, per TMZ. On the time, Safaree’s lawyer argued that the incident was deliberate.