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#UPDATE: Ermias Joseph Asghedom, the rapper known as @NipseyHussle, died from gunshot wounds of the head and torso, per the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner.

The memorial in front of @NipseyHussle’s store is huge. Hundreds of people are still gathered. The crowd has hardly shrunk since late last night. @ABC7

A HUGE stampede of people rushed out of the @NipseyHussle memorial area. People thought they heard something break or a loud noise and started running. @ABC7

We are staying in our truck for now. Police are everywhere. The helicopter was just saying over loudspeaker telling everyone to leave the area. Lot of people staying though.

At least one person is injured. Blood everywhere next to this person. The stampede at @NipseyHussle’s memorial may have started because of a loud noise that people thought was a gunshot. @ABC7

Look at all of the shoes people lost during the stampede... an area where candles were lit near the @NipseyHussle memorial area was also trampled. Police still trying to clear the area. @ABC7

We’re hearing multiple people are injured and at least three are stuck in the middle of this crowd, unable to get help. That’s why officers are trying to clear the area. Also, the entire city is now under a tactical alert. @ABC7

#BREAKING: LAPD says Eric Holder is wanted for Homicide in the shooting of Nipsey Hussle. He was last seen in a 2016 white 4 door Chevy Cruze CA license plate 7RJD742. Anyone with info urged to contact police @abc7

Tonight was the first night in a while that I honestly felt scared on the job. Babies were screaming, people were shoving themselves under our @ABC7 news van for cover while crying, people were trampled. My heart hurts for everyone who came here to mourn @NipseyHussle’s death.

Just spoke to a rep from @MayorOfLA office. The Crisis Mgmt team is going to move all the candles to one location and at 5am the @LACitySAN team will clean up debris. They want to create a location where people can safely mourn @NipseyHussle.

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Members of the community are already starting to clean the mess up on their own. @ABC7

@ABC7 #UPDATE: Suspect arrested in @NipseyHussle's shooting death.

Los Angeles County officials Monday detained a person matching suspect Eric Holder's description and investigators are working to confirm his identity. --> bit.ly/2CSV7mA @ABC7

The @NipseyHussle memorial is heavily regulated today, by police and by community volunteers. Small groups of people are being escorted in and given 10 minutes to take photos and pay their respects. @ABC7