ドレイクさん自宅銃撃 警備員が負傷　トロント

【トロントＡＦＰ＝時事】カナダ・トロント市内にあるラッパーでアーティストのドレイクさんの邸宅で７日未明、銃撃事件が発生した。事件では警備員が負傷しており、地元警察が捜査を進めている。（写真は、ラッパーでアーティストのドレイクさん）
　事件は市内にある国内有数の高級住宅街で起きた。防犯カメラの映像によると発生時刻は午前２時９分だった。
　警察によると事件発生当時、ドレイクさんの邸宅入り口にある大型の門の外には警備員が立っていた。車に乗った容疑者らが発砲し、警備員は負傷。警備員は銃創とみられる重傷を負い、病院に搬送されたが、命に別状はないという。
　警察は、事件発生当時にドレイクさんが在宅していたかどうかは不明だとしている。
　ドレイクさんの自宅をはじめ、近隣の建物や道路には複数の防犯カメラが設置されているが、事件発生時刻が深夜で暗かったためか「画質に問題」があり、当局は、動画を分析しながら周辺地域で聞き込みを続けている。
　ドレイクさんは現在、ラッパーのケンドリック・ラマーさんと互いを辛らつにこき下ろす楽曲を次々に発表し、両者のビーフ（楽曲を通じたディスり合い）は注目を集めている。
　しかし、ラップバトルと銃撃事件との関係を示す証拠はなく、警察は、２人の反目については承知しているが、現時点で動機は不明だとしている。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2024/05/08-17:24）

Police in Toronto were investigating a pre-dawn shooting on Tuesday at the sprawling estate of superstar rapper Drake, located in one of Canada's most exclusive neighborhoods.
A security guard was standing outside the massive wrought iron gates at the entrance to the rapper's mansion on The Bridle Path road north of downtown Toronto when suspects in a vehicle opened fire, police said.
The guard was rushed to hospital suffering from an apparent gunshot wound, and remains in serious but non-life-threatening condition, according to police inspector Paul Krawczyk of the city's guns and gangs unit.
The shooting, captured on grainy security camera footage that has not been released to the public, happened at 2:09 am (0609 GMT).
I cannot confirm if Drake was home at the time the incident occurred, but I can tell you that we are in contact with his team and they are cooperating, Krawczyk told a news conference outside the home.
The suspects fled in the vehicle, he added. No descriptions were offered.
A neighbor, Richie Lai, told public broadcaster Radio-Canada that he heard the shots and then a car drive by very quickly.
And then maybe five or 10 minutes later, I heard sirens, he said.
In the morning, police tape cordoned off a large section of the street as well as much of the mansion's courtyard, around a few parked luxury cars and right up to the front door.
Several small orange markers, believed to indicate locations of shell casings, could be seen scattered on the road's edge in front of the residence. Police declined to say how many shots were fired.
In fact, few details of the shooting itself were released as the investigation got underway.
Despite several security cameras pointed at the mansion as well as nearby properties and the street itself, Krawczyk said police were facing video quality issues -- likely including low light at the time of the shooting.
Authorities, he said, are analyzing those feeds and canvassing the area for possible witnesses or leads.
The 37-year-old Drake, known for hits such as God's Plan and Hotline Bling, was the highest-grossing rapper in the world last year.
He is currently embroiled in a feud with Kendrick Lamar, with the rappers exchanging barbed diss tracks that have drawn widespread attention.
Beefs are nothing new in hip-hop, a genre long known both for its artists' boasts and their strongly worded takedowns of rivals.
There was no indication that the shooting had any relation to the rap battle.
Asked about the bad blood between Drake and Lamar, Krawczyk said he was aware of it, but added, It is so early in the investigation that we don't have a motive at this time, and so I cannot comment further on that.