BloodHound Q50 Autopsy Reveals Five Gunshot Wounds In Unsolved Killing

BloodHound Q50 was shot five times when gunmen killed him in Chicago last month. The details came from a new report on his autopsy.

The findings came from Cook County’s medical examiner, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. About 50 spent casings from rifles and 9 mm handguns were found at the BP station in Fuller Park, the paper reported.

Q50, whose real name was Mikquale T. Cooper, was 22 when he died in the September 13 attack. Police said two cars pulled up while he sat in a vehicle outside the gas station. Several people got out and began to shoot, FOX 32 reported at the time. Paramedics treated him at the scene.

The station was at 4248 S. Wentworth Avenue. Police placed the attack just before 4 A.M. The Sun-Times’ new account said six gunmen opened fire. His girlfriend told police she fled and hid in a stranger’s car, records in the autopsy file showed.

FOX 32 spoke to a woman who said she had been there. She said she saw the men approach and tried to warn Q50, then ran when the shots began. The station did not name her.

At the time, police urged people who knew what had happened to come forward. Area One detectives took on the case.

The killing cut short a rap career that had begun in 2023. “Big 3” and “Coffin” helped build his name. He signed with Signal Records by the end of 2024, FOX 32 reported. He had also performed at Rolling Loud in May.

His funeral in Merrillville, held September 25, drew several police forces. They kept watch on the route down Taft Street to Calumet Park Cemetery. Assistant Chief Matt Vasel said they took those steps to keep the service on a main road safe.

The new Sun-Times report cited a police alert about the risk of revenge attacks after the funeral. It also noted that Naseem D. Stevens was shot dead that day. His car had a “funeral” sticker. Police records called a link between the deaths uncertain, not confirmed.

No arrests in Q50’s case had been reported in the paper’s latest account.