Rod Wave Arrested in Florida While Cops Accuse Him of Links to St. Pete Shooting

Rod Wave was arrested Wednesday (April 4) in Florida for gun possession.The Billboard chart-topping artist is also being accused of being tied to the suspects of the St. Petersberg, Fla. shooting.

As of this writing, the details of Rod Wave's arrest remain scarse. However, he had already posed for a mug shot at the time of his arrested.

Rod Wave Arrested in Florida

TMZ reported that Rod Wave, known as Rodarius Marcell Green, was detained and booked into the Manatee County Jail on Wednesday (April 3) for two counts of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

"Rod was arrested and detained with absolutely no evidence of wrongdoing. The police claimed he was a felon in possession of ammunition. Not only was he not in possession of ammunition, a basic check of public records would have easily demonstrated to the police that he was not a convicted felon," Rod Wave's lawyers, Bradford Cohen and Mark Rankin said in a joint statement. Cohen has since represented several figures in Hip-hop, including Drake, Vanilla Ice, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, Kodak Black, NLE Choppa, and even Lil Wayne.

In a separate statement, Rod's lawyers promised, "As with any case, we will hold those parties that made the error accountable for their actions."

According to his lawyers, Rod Wave has since been released after a judge believed that the evidence against him did not support the charge. Rod's lawyers have cited that he had previous run-ins with the law years ago as he faced a domestic violence case in Florida. However, the case has since been dropped.

Rod Wave Linked to St. Petersburg's Shooting

WFLA News Channel 8 reported that three men tied to Rod Wave were also jailed earlier this week after a shooting that took place in St. Petersburg, Fla., which left four people injured.

Additionally, authorities have executed a search warrant at one of the two homes investigators tied to the arrested men. Two more men were arrested on drug and weapon charges. St. Petersburg police revealed that the getaway vehicle used by the assailants was in Rod Wave's name, and the house they fled to was also rented under his name.

Since releasing his debut album in 2019, Rod Wave has had three No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 albums chart.