Kiing Shooter died earlier this week at age 24.

Kiing, a longtime friend of Dave East and a Nas affiliate, had been admitted to the hospital with a chronic liver condition and is then said to have caught COVID.

COVID also messed up an impromptu vigil for the Queens rapper in Queensbridge Park Tuesday.

NYPD officers broke up the event, as the 50 or so mourners were allegedly not practicing proper social distancing.  Three were arrested.

At least 30, maybe 40 cops plus special operations are crowded in Queensbridge Park, plus 20 cop cars and a couple of helicopters. They closed the park. Apparently a group of people are congregated.
Why does everything have to be a huge show of force?? #NYPD pic.twitter.com/A0orWvTqtv

— CJ Wojtkowski 정 (@Tellythecairn) May 5, 2020

Nas was able to mourn on social media.

 

 

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@kiingshooter You made your mark and got your wings On many hearts, you pulled their strings From QB to Heaven, the world in between What a pleasure to have you, in our lives, in this world, in our world We shared our street dreams. Condolences to @kiingshooter family and friends. 🕊 🕊

A post shared by  Nasir Jones (@nas) on May 5, 2020 at 12:41pm PDT