Shots Fired Near Grand Opening of Nipsey Hussle's New Restaurant
Nipsey Hussle Shooting Near Grand Opening of Late Rapper's New Restaurant
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3/2/26, 6:40 AM PT -- Marathon Burger tells TMZ ... "The opening was a huge success with strong community support. The incident being reported was NOT connected to our event and the event continued. The opening itself proceeded safely and without issue. The restaurant remains open and customers are still flowing in and out with excitement."
The opening of a new Marathon Burger -- the restaurant chain founded by the late Nipsey Hussle -- was marred when shots were fired near the event ... TMZ has learned.
The incident took place in downtown Long Beach Sunday around 3:30 PM PT ... and video is now circulating online which shows cops picking up a person and placing them in the back of a squad car.
Marathon Burger Long Beach Shooting pic.twitter.com/Whq6TcdNcj @malibucastles
Snoop Dogg and YG attended the event, but were gone long before the shooting began.
Nipsey's brother -- Blacc Sam -- attended the opening of the new spot ... the end of a long weekend for him and his family.
On Saturday, he, Nipsey's former partner Lauren London and several of the late rapper's close friends gathered together while an intersection in L.A. was renamed "Nipsey Hussle Square."
Nipsey was shot and killed outside his Marthon Clothing Store on March 31, 2019.
