Hundreds of people showed up at Bessie Branham Park in the Kirkwood neighborhood Thursday night, the neighborhood where Young Scooter grew up.

Young Scooter, the Atlanta rapper who has worked with Future and Gucci Mane, has died. He was 39. The Streetz Krazy artist (born Kenneth Edward Rashaad Bailey) was pronounced dead on Friday, which was his birthday, after he was brought into Grady Marcus Trauma Center from a location on the southeast side of the city.

The Atlanta Police Department says officers responded to a dispute with a weapon Friday, which was Young Scooter's 39th birthday.

Rapper Young Scooter died at the age of 39 after a leg injury caused by running from the police on his birthday, March 28, reports the Atlanta Police Department in a press briefing. The police were called to a home in Atlanta as there were reports of “a dispute with shots fired and a female being dragged back into the residence” and they caught Scooter running out of the house.

Young Scooter's cause of death has been revealed as resulting from a leg injury sustained in a police chase, the Fulton County Medical Examiner said on Tuesday, April 1

Atlanta Police say "the injury that was sustained was not via the officers on scene," but rather a leg injury while fleeing a dispute.

The rapper died on his 39th birthday while fleeing police, who were responding to a hoax call. Hundreds gathered Thursday evening at Bessie Branham Park for a balloon release. Family and friends mourn the loss of Kirkwood and the hip-hop industry.

The bizarre string of events that led to an Atlanta rapper’s death began when Demetria Spence made a fake call to 911, according to police.

Atlanta rapper Young Scooter died Friday following a severe leg injury he sustained while fleeing the police. He was 39. The rapper, born Kenneth Edward Rashaad Bailey, was pronounced dead at Grady Marcus Trauma Center in Atlanta. The City of Atlanta Police Department confirmed Bailey’s death at a press conference late Friday night.