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Pop star Justin Bieber (in September 2021): Terrible end of a party
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Three men were injured in a shooting in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday night.
This was confirmed by a police spokesman for the Los Angeles Times.
Accordingly, the gunshot wounded are 19, 24 and 60 years old;
two of them were taken straight to the hospital, the third man initially left the scene of the crime but later came to the hospital in an ambulance.
The shots were fired in front of The Nice Guy, which it says is "inspired in its aesthetics by the decadent era of mafia bars and restaurants."
According to the celebrity website "TMZ", Justin Bieber celebrated the after-show party there for a concert that he had given in front of 1,500 invited guests at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood.
Proof of vaccination was required.
Jeff Bezos, actor Anthony Ramos and football legend Tony Gonzalez were among the viewers of Bieber's 45-minute appearance on a show themed "Homecoming Weekend" to spread anticipation ahead of Sunday's Super Bowl.
DJ Marshmello also played a set at the event.
"Having a good night?" Bieber asked the audience. "Are you pro-Rams?" The concert was one of many showbiz events in the week leading up to the Super Bowl at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood - American football's first major event -Finals in the Los Angeles area for nearly three decades.
Local heroes, the Los Angeles Rams, take on the Cincinnati Bengals.
The guest list for the after-show party was apparently well-known, according to "TMZ" including Kendall Jenner, Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire.
A video on the website shows, among other things, the rapper Kodak Black on the street in front of the party venue.
According to the police, a dispute broke out around 2.45 a.m., and shots were fired.
The police said nothing about suspects or a motive.
The Daily Mail reports that Justin Bieber hurriedly left the party with his wife Hailey after the incident.
Rapper Drake is scheduled to perform on Saturday night on the second day of Homecoming Weekend.
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