US, Tempe: Santa Clarita Rapper Blueface Handcuffed in Swatting Incident at His Restaurant.

Tempe, United States - August 24, 2026 08/23/2026 05:27 pm GMT-0700 SANTA CLARITA, Calif. – Rapper Blueface and several others were detained during a swatting incident at his restaurant, King of Crab, located on the 26200 block of Bouquet Canyon Road in Santa Clarita. The incident began when Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a call around 5:27 p.m. reporting a gunshot victim at the restaurant. The caller claimed that a Black male adult wearing a gold chain had been shot five times. Upon arrival, deputies made several announcements and detained all occupants inside the building, including Blueface, his family, employees, and customers, at gunpoint. After securing the area, deputies cleared the building but found no evidence of any gunshot victims. Authorities believe this incident to be a swatting event, part of a series of similar incidents involving the rapper in the past.