Lil E’s death marks the second shooting death of a prominent Indianapolis rapper in just weeks, as violence grips the city’s music scene.
Lil E was found bleeding out on a quiet Indianapolis street at 2:25 A.M. on June 19, and by the time paramedics got him to Eskenazi Hospital, the 35-year-old rapper was already gone.
The east side shooting on South Franklin Road near Interstate 465 marked the second time in two months that the artist known as Eric Butler had taken bullets, but this time he didn’t survive…