Surveillance video has captured the terrifying moment a gunman fatally opened fire on rapper Nipsey Hussle in Los Angeles and sent multiple people fleeing for safety.
The 33-year-old rapper was one of three men shot in broad daylight on Sunday outside Marathon Clothing, the store he founded to help rebuild his troubled South Los Angeles neighborhood.
Surveillance cameras from a nearby business captured a man in a red shirt approaching Hussle and a group of men as they stood by a white car parked at the front of his store on Sunday afternoon.
Seconds later, Hussle could be seen dropping to the ground and multiple men fled the scene as the gunfire rang out.
Surveillance video captured a man in a red shirt (circled) approaching Nipsey Hussle and a group of men (right) outside his Marathon Clothing store in Los Angeles on Sunday just moments before the rapper was shot dead
It is not clear if the gunman was among those caught on video running from the scene but eyewitness reported seeing a man fleeing in a vehicle after the shooting.
Hussle, whose real name was Ermias Asghedom, was shot multiple times and was pronounced dead after being rushed to hospital.
He suffered gunshot wounds to his head and torso, according to the L.A. County Medical Coroner.
The two other men who were injured in the shooting remain in stable conditions.
Investigators have not yet determined a motive or identified any suspects but they are reviewing the surveillance footage.
Hussle grew up in south Los Angeles and often talked about being in the Rollin 60s Neighborhood Crips gang in his teenage years.
Hussle could be seen dropping to the ground (above) and multiple men fled the scene as the gunfire rang out. The rapper suffered fatal gunshot wounds to his head and chest, according to a coroner
Multiple people could be seen running as gunshots rang out and Hussle dropped to the ground outside his clothing store
It is not clear if the gunman was among those caught on video running from the scene but eyewitness reported seeing a man fleeing in a vehicle after the shooting
Moments before the fatal shooting, Hussle had tweeted: 'Having strong enemies is a blessing.'
A source close to the investigation told The Los Angeles Times they believe Hussle's killer belonged to a gang.
He was due to sit down with the LAPD in the coming weeks to discuss gang violence and how to prevent it.
Some believe he was killed because he had been buying up property in south Los Angeles an effort to legitimize himself and the area.
Last year, he opened a co-working space and STEM center aimed at bridging the gap between urban communities and Silicon Valley.
Others believe his death is linked to a documentary he was working on about a herbalist who claimed to have cured AIDS.
Just one day before he was killed, Hussle was pictured smiling and posing for photos at a March Madness game between Texas Tech and Gonzaga in Anaheim.
Nipsey Hussle was pictured on Saturday at a March Madness basketball game in Anaheim, California. The next day, he was shot dead outside his clothing store
Hussle was seen socializing at the event with other spectators and smiling for cameras
The rapper, who was also on a mission to eradicate gang violence from the neighborhood where he grew up, was shot multiple times on Sunday. Police are yet to find his killer
Prior to being shot, Hussle also posed for a photo with a fan's child just outside his store.
Since his teen gang years, Hussle had become an entrepreneur and a community organizer in the area.
He was involved in the Destination Crenshaw arts project and opened a co-working space called Vector 90 in Crenshaw so young people could take classes in science, technology and math.
In recent years, he had been buying up real estate in the neighborhood to try become a legitimate real estate mogul.
He and his business partner had plans to turn the plot where his clothing store was into a residential building and last year, he opened a co-working space and
