As initially reported, police arrested Lanez for possession of a firearm while the incident was under investigation. According to TMZ, Lanez faces a potential additional charge of “felony assault with a firearm” in connection to the shooting in July. The possible assault charge would be an escalation in the case.
TMZ, however, also reports that Megan’s Wednesday Instagram post—where she wrote that she was walking away when she was shot—might be a boon in Lanez’s defense. If she was walking away, TMZ states, attorneys could argue that she could not have seen if it had been Lanez who fired the gun.
This latest development is further proof of how the music industry, law enforcement, and media have failed Meg. Her traumatic experience has, despite her wishes, been made into a public spectacle, with police officials sending tip-offs about the case to outlets like TMZ, fueling speculation across social media on whether she had been shot at all. Celebrities continue to joke and riff on her injury, but it must drive her detractors nuts to know that, amid all this, Megan collaborated on one of the most massive songs in recent memory.
