The strange events leading up to Atlanta rapper Young Scooter's death
Questions surrounding the death of Atlanta rapper Young Scooter last weekend are growing as police reveal more information about the events leading up to it.
Young Scooter, whose real name is Kenneth Bailey, died March 28 after a brief foot chase with officers.
The circumstances surrounding his death have been riddled with what the Atlanta Police Department describes as "inaccurate comments and social media posts."
The latest: In a bizarre turn of events, Atlanta police on Tuesday announced they arrested Demetria Spence, 31, and accused her of making a false 911 call resulting in "serious bodily harm or death."
The Fulton County Medical Examiner's Office announced that Bailey, 39, died after he suffered an injury to his right thigh that "created marked blood loss."
"Mr. Bailey injured himself on organic (wooden) fencing material and/or woody debris after vaulting at least one fence."
Social media posts over the weekend had speculated that Bailey was shot, but the medical examiner said he was not.
Spence, also known as Demi Blanco, was a contestant on the reality TV show "Baddies," which aired on the Zeus network, TMZ reports.
Records show she was booked into the Fulton County Jail Tuesday on one count of transmitting false public alarm, a felony.
The AJC reports she was granted a $7,500 bond.
Catch up quick: Atlanta police were dispatched to a call of an alleged domestic dispute at a home in the 200 block of William Nye Drive SE.
In a 911 call, a woman who police identify as Spence reported that there was a "whole domestic dispute" going on in a nearby house. Spence identified herself as being involved with the neighborhood watch, and accused seven armed men of selling drugs and holding a woman hostage inside the house.
She told a dispatcher that a naked woman was being physically assaulted by a man before she was pulled back into the house.
"It sounded like they were fighting over drugs and then they started shooting," she alleged, later adding the woman had a baby who was also "in danger."
It's unclear whether Spence was inside the house with Bailey or if she was on the scene when police later arrived.
Atlanta police previously said they arrived and tried to make contact with a man leaving the house, but he "immediately fled from responding officers."
After a brief chase, police found the man, later identified as Bailey, suffering from an injury to his leg.
They applied a tourniquet and he was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
What they're saying: Bailey's family issued a statement saying they were "devastated" by his death and requested "privacy and prayers as they grieve and wait for answers," according to Fox 5 Atlanta.
"While we understand that many people are saddened by his passing, it is important to recognize that Atlanta police officers neither discharged their firearms nor used any force against Mr. Bailey," Atlanta police added.
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