Atlanta rapper Young Scooter has died, per PEOPLE. He was 39.

On Friday (March 28), the Atlanta Police Department said Scooter died after injuring his leg on a fence during a police chase.

Officers had responded to a 911 call at a home on William Nye Drive of “a dispute with shots fired and a female being dragged back into the residence," police said.

“When officers arrived a male initially opened the door [then] closed the door in the officers’ faces without communicating," the department said. Officers were establishing a perimeter when two men attempted to flee the scene, according to police. One of the men returned to the residence while the other "jumped two fences" during a police chase.

Scooter reportedly injured his leg as he jumped over the fence. He was taken to Grady Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

“When officers located him on the other side of the fence, he appeared to have suffered an injury to his leg. Officers rendered aid and he was transported to Grady Hospital where he was pronounced deceased,” police said.

The whereabouts of the woman or why the men attempted to flee the scene remain unknown. Police said there was no shooting by officers during the incident.

Scooter was born in Walterboro, South Carolina, but moved to Atlanta at nine years old. He began his music career in 2008, collaborating with his childhood friend and fellow rapper Future on several songs. Future and Waka Flaka went on to sign Scooter.

Several rappers reacted to Scooter's death, including Playboi Carti, Quavo, and Waka Flaka.

“Street, you had me crying before my show …you the backbone … dama brada," Waka Flaka wrote on his Instagram Story.

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