Birdman denies involvement in Lil Wayne tour bus shooting, releases alibi

Amelia Havanec

Amelia Havanec Jul 1, 2025

Jan 12, 2018

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                <h2><p>Bryan "Birdman" Williams denies any involvement in a shooting against Lil Wayne despite police documents that tie him and Young Thug to the lead suspect. In April, shots hit two Lil Wayne tour buses. An indictment claims that PeeWee Roscoe, Young Thug's tour manager, was responsible</p></h2>
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            <p>Bryan "Birdman" Williams <a href="http://gawker.com/heres-birdmans-alibi-for-the-lil-wayne-tour-bus-shootin-1720392743?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">denies any involvement</a> in a shooting against Lil Wayne despite police documents that tie him and Young Thug to the lead suspect. In April, shots hit two Lil Wayne tour buses. An indictment claims that PeeWee Roscoe, Young Thug's tour manager, was responsible for the shots and called a phone registered to Williams directly after the attack.</p><p>A source close to Williams acknowledged a call occurred, but it was not from PeeWee Roscoe. Williams says one of Lil Wayne's friends called him to tell him about the shooting. Birdman hasn't officially been charged in conspiring an attack against Lil Wayne.</p>
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Bryan "Birdman" Williams denies any involvement in a shooting against Lil Wayne despite police documents that tie him and Young Thug to the lead suspect. In April, shots hit two Lil Wayne tour buses. An indictment claims that PeeWee Roscoe, Young Thug's tour manager, was responsible for the shots and called a phone registered to Williams directly after the attack.

A source close to Williams acknowledged a call occurred, but it was not from PeeWee Roscoe. Williams says one of Lil Wayne's friends called him to tell him about the shooting. Birdman hasn't officially been charged in conspiring an attack against Lil Wayne.

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By Amelia Havanec

Amelia Havanec is Crosscut's Science and Tech Fellow. She came to Washington from her home state of Connecticut by way of New York, Florida, California and Michigan in pursuit of the perfect pint. Sh