“Love and Hip Hop Atlanta” fans were shocked after news spread that Raymond “Benzino” Scott had been shot on his way to his mother’s funeral in Boston over the weekend.
Sources say a family feud between Benzino, 48, and his nephew Gai Scott, 36, had been simmering for some time and boiled over during the funeral procession for Benzino’s mother, Mary Scott.
According to reports Gai pulled his Bentley alongside Benzino’s red SUV on the way to the church and fired several shots into his vehicle.
The rest of the family continued on to the church as Benzino was rushed to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Gai Scott was arrested charged with armed assault and intent to murder. He was ordered held without bail. He pleaded not guilty in Plymouth District Court, claiming he acted in self-defense.
