Mikquale T. Cooper, a 22-year-old man known professionally as Chicago drill rapper BloodHound Q50, was killed during an early-morning ambush on September 13, 2026, at a BP gas station in Chicago's Fuller Park neighborhood. Cooper had arrived at the station at 4248 South Wentworth Avenue in a white Tesla with a 29-year-old woman shortly before 4 a.m. The Cook County Medical Examiner's Office later determined that he died from multiple gunshot wounds and ruled his death a homicide.
According to a police report, a black Infiniti carrying two masked occupants pulled up beside Cooper's Tesla after he parked. A silver Honda Accord carrying four additional people then arrived at another gas pump. Cooper and the woman who was with him went inside the station, and investigators said one of the masked occupants of the Infiniti was seen going to the Honda and removing items from it before returning to the Infiniti. The woman later moved the Tesla closer to the front of the store, exited, and Cooper took the driver's seat.
Moments later, the attack began. Police reports described six assailants emerging from the two vehicles and converging on the Tesla. Two came from the Infiniti and four from the Honda before the group opened fire on Cooper at close range. The barrage sent bullets through the Tesla and into the surrounding property, including windows of a nearby Subway restaurant, and other vehicles in the area were also damaged. A witness who arrived at the station seconds before the shooting told reporters that the gunfire was so intense that he believed he heard more than 100 shots.
Cooper was struck in the chest and shoulder. Chicago Fire Department personnel responded and provided emergency treatment, and reports indicated that he was transported to the University of Chicago Medical Center before being pronounced dead at approximately 4:35 a.m. The woman who had accompanied him was not reported injured. The shooting appeared to investigators to have been a coordinated attack rather than random gunfire, with the assailants arriving in separate vehicles, positioning themselves around Cooper and leaving together immediately after the shooting.
Investigators obtained surveillance footage from the gas station and surrounding area that captured portions of Cooper's movements and the attack. Descriptions contained in reporting on the police investigation said some of the gunmen were dressed entirely in black and wearing masks, while other members of the group wore distinctive hooded clothing, including a green hoodie. After the shooting, the attackers returned to the Infiniti and Honda and fled south from the scene. Area One detectives with the Chicago Police Department took over the homicide investigation.
Cooper had been developing a substantial following in Chicago's drill-rap scene under the name BloodHound Q50. His death came as his music career was gaining wider attention, following the release of his 2026 project Get Back or Die Trying and other recent recordings. His killing also followed the earlier shooting deaths of people close to him, including fellow rappers and associates Bloodhound Lil Jeff and Lil Scoom89.
As of the latest publicly available reporting through September 23, 2026, Chicago police had not announced an arrest, filed charges, or publicly identified any of the six alleged gunmen by name. Although names and theories circulated on social media after surveillance footage spread online, authorities had not confirmed those claims or established a public motive for the killing. The case remained an active homicide investigation, with no one reported in custody.
