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Police answered a call regarding a shooting at Northside Hospital in Sandy Springs, a section of Atlanta, last night and found Melvin Vernell III, an aspiring rapper who went by the name Lil Phat, shot multiple time. Vernell was signed to Trill Entertainment and was sitting a in car outside the hospital when two suspects reportedly drove up and shot up the car. Police are still searching for the suspects.

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