Rapper Lil Tjay shot in attempted robbery at New Jersey

Rapper Lil Tjay shot in attempted robbery at New Jersey shopping center, arrests made

New York rapper Lil Tjay was shot at a shopping promenade in Edgewater, New Jersey just after midnight Wednesday,

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in what the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office called an attempted robbery against him and two of his friends.

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Prosecutors announced the arrest of Mohamed Konate, 27, of New York City, on charges of attempted murder, armed robbery

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and weapons offenses, accusing the man of firing at the rapper, whose real name is Tione Merritt, as well as Jeffrey Valdez, 24, and Antoine Boyd, 22, both of the Bronx, who were with him.

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