BLINK 182 bass player shot to death
Mark Allan Hoppus, frontman and bassist of popular punk-rock band Blink-182 and his body guard, Derek Summings were fatally shot at the artist´s Florida mansion earlier this afternoon, county coroner Eric Peris told CNN. Details were not immediately known at press time but two men were taken into custody almost immediately after the tragedy. They have not yet been charged. "This is a very tragic event," told coroner Eric Peris, "Summings bled to death and died in the hospital. Hoppus was however, shot in the trachea and appeared to have died very quickly." Sheriff Micheal Leanway declined comment and other members of the band were unreachable. Mark and his band were scheduled to go on tour with Greenday on the ´Pop-disasters tour´ that was set to kick off in late April. The band sold three multi-platinum albums and became a teen pop idol right from the debut of their third album ´Dude Ranch´ in 1997.
Mark Allan Hoppus, frontman and bassist of popular punk-rock band Blink-182 and his body guard, Derek Summings were fatally shot at the artist´s Florida mansion earlier this afternoon, county coroner Eric Peris told CNN. Details were not immediately known at press time but two men were taken into custody almost immediately after the tragedy. They have not yet been charged. "This is a very tragic event," told coroner Eric Peris, "Summings bled to death and died in the hospital. Hoppus was however, shot in the trachea and appeared to have died very quickly." Sheriff Micheal Leanway declined comment and other members of the band were unreachable. Mark and his band were scheduled to go on tour with Greenday on the ´Pop-disasters tour´ that was set to kick off in late April. The band sold three multi-platinum albums and became a teen pop idol right from the debut of their third album ´Dude Ranch´ in 1997.