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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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Andrew Dalton | Associated Press

A$AP Rocky will stand trial for gun incident, judge rules

Rakim Mayers, aka A$AP Rocky, drinks water during a preliminary hearing Monday at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles, California. (AP)

LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles judge ruled Monday that there is enough evidence for A$AP Rocky to stand trial on charges that he fired a gun at a former friend and collaborator outside a Hollywood hotel in 2021.

Superior Court Judge M.L. Villar made the ruling at at a preliminary hearing, after hearing roughly a day and a half of testimony. Rocky has pleaded not guilty to two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm.

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