(L.A.) Darrell Caldwell, 28, Died in a Hospital

Case Number: 2021-13795

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 28-year-old Black male that occurred in a hospital.

The coroner’s office identified the man as Darrell Caldwell, resident of 11645 South Figueroa Street in the 90061.

Manner of Death: Homicide

Cause of Death: Stab Wound of the Neck

RIP DARRELL WAYNE CALDWELL JR. (December 1, 1993 – December 18, 2021)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Saturday at 9:24 p.m.

Incident Location: Parking Lot
S. Hoover St. // W. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Los Angeles, California 90037

Place of Death: California Hospital Medical Center
1401 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90015

The decedent was a rapper known professionally as Drakeo the Ruler / DrakeoTheRuler.

Technically, a slash is a sharp-force injury distinct from a stabbing, but as with most of the forensic pathologists at the Department of Medical Examiner, the first language of the pathologist who did the autopsy is not English.