--- ---  # Reported Shooting at Lil Wayne's Home Was Likely a Hoax, Police Say by [Alexandra Sifferlin](https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Mar 11, 2015 6:17 PM UTC  Rapper Lil Wayne performs in Los Angeles, California in 2014. Rapper Lil Wayne performs in Los Angeles, California in 2014.Allen Berezovsky—WireImage/Getty Images by [Alexandra Sifferlin](https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Mar 11, 2015 6:17 PM UTC Police responded to a possible shooting at the Miami Beach home of rap artist Lil Wayne on Wednesday, but later said it appeared to be a hoax. A 911 call suggested shots were fired at the home and four people may have been injured, WSVN 7 News [reports](http://www.wsvn.com/story/28394722/reports-shooting-at-lil-waynes-miami-beach-home). Miami Beach police had set up a perimeter around the home Wednesday afternoon, with a SWAT team also on location. > [](https://twitter.com/wsvn/status/575707873902092289) The record label founded by Lil Wayne, Young Money Entertainment, sent out a tweet saying Lil Wayne was not home at the time. > [](https://twitter.com/YoungMoneySite/status/575715363335356417) Later, the Miami Beach police sent out a tweet that the shooting was a hoax. > [](https://twitter.com/MiamiBeachPD/status/575731870207451136) \[[_WSVN 7 News_](http://www.wsvn.com/story/28394722/reports-shooting-at-lil-waynes-miami-beach-home)\] _Read next:_ [_Man Caught on Video in Alleged Child Kidnapping Attempt_](http://time.com/3740427/kidnapping-child-video/?iid=time%5Freadnext) [_Listen to the most important stories of the day._](http://time.com/newsletter/the-brief/?sl%5Fautoplay=true&xid=spl-fullbrief-article) Reported Shooting at Lil Wayne's Home Was Likely a Hoax, Police Say ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3740954/shooting-lil-wayne-miami-home/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3740954/shooting-lil-wayne-miami-home/"},"headline":"Reported Shooting at Lil Wayne's Home Was Likely a Hoax, Police Say","datePublished":"2015-03-11T18:17:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T05:05:17.176Z","description":"The rapper was reportedly not home at the time","url":"https://time.com/3740954/shooting-lil-wayne-miami-home/","keywords":["celebrities","Miami","shooting","Lil Wayne"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt17c343c155c754ce/698783322dce0178df9ddfd8/lil-wayne.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alexandra Sifferlin","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt17c343c155c754ce/698783322dce0178df9ddfd8/lil-wayne.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Rapper Lil Wayne performs in Los Angeles, California in 2014.","caption":"Rapper Lil Wayne performs in Los Angeles, California in 2014.","creditText":"Allen Berezovsky—WireImage/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3740954/shooting-lil-wayne-miami-home/","name":"Reported Shooting at Lil Wayne's Home Was Likely a Hoax, Police Say"}}]}] ```