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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andrew Dalton

A$AP Rocky trial heads to closing arguments. Did the rapper fire real bullets or blanks?

A$AP Rocky Shooting Trial - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

There's one essential difference between arguments at rapper A$AP Rocky 's trial: Prosecutors will say Thursday that the hip-hop star fired two shots at a former friend from a handgun, while defense lawyers will say he fired blanks from a gun that wasn't real.

Jurors should begin deliberations by the afternoon on two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm for the 2021 shooting. If they convict Rocky of both, he could get up to 24 years in prison.

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