Cop under investigation for ‘telling officers to SHOOT rapper 50 Cent on sight’ amid Instagram feud
Deputy Inspector Emanuel Gonzalez is said to have made his bizarre comment during a roll call in Brooklyn
A NEW York police chief is under fire after he reportedly told his officers to shoot rapper 50 Cent on sight.
Deputy Inspector Emanuel Gonzalez is said to have made the outrageous comment during a roll call at the 72nd Precinct in Brooklyn.
"Shoot him on sight," Gonzalez is alleged to have told his officers last June - a month after claiming the rapper had threatened him on Instagram.
NYPD officers were being briefed as Fiddy - born Curtis James Jackson III - was due to attend a charity boxing match nearby.
Jackson is fully aware of the dangers of guns after he was infamously shot NINE TIMES in the hand, arm, hip, both legs, chest and left cheek in 2000.
The shot through his cheek left him with a permanently swollen tongue and a slur in his voice, said to create his unique rapping voice.
Gonzalez has since tried to dismiss the well-publicised comment as a joke, police sources told the .
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"The inspector just said that at roll call. I'm like WTF," one police source in the room told US reporters.
Gonzalez, who has been on the force for 30 years, is now being investigated by his superiors over the comment.
The rapper had commented online on a news article about Gonzalez being sued by a club owner who had alleged he was "shaking down" his business.
Mega rich Fiddy, who used to frequent the club, wrote "get the strap", a well known street word for a gun. He later deleted the post and was never charged despite a police probe.
The star's agent has said the rapper - whose songs include 'Your Life's on the Line' - is taking the cop's alleged words seriously.
"Mr Jackson takes this threat very seriously and is consulting with his legal counsel regarding his options going forward," the rep said.
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"He is concerned that he was not previously advised of this threat by the NYPD and even more concerned that Gonzalez continues to carry a badge and a gun."
It been claimed 50 Cent's unreleased track 'Ghetto Qu'ran' was the reason for his attempted murder 19 years ago.
The song revolves around lyrics about drug dealers from the 1980s in his neighbourhood of South Jamaica, Queens.
