File - This Oct. 10, 2004 file photo shows and Ray Benzino at the Source Hip-Hop Music Awards in Miami. Authorities say the reality TV star and rapper was shot and injured by his nephew while in a funeral procession for a family member in Massachusetts. Benzino, whose real name is Raymond Scott, is a cast member of the VH1 reality show “Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta” and former co-owner of The Source magazine. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File)
March 31, 2014 - 9:20 AM
PLYMOUTH, Mass. - A Massachusetts man has been ordered held without bail after pleading not guilty to shooting his hip-hop artist and reality TV star uncle.
Gai (guy) Scott of Randolph was ordered held Monday pending a hearing to determine whether he's a danger to society. That hearing is scheduled for Wednesday.
Police say Scott shot Benzino, whose real name is Raymond Scott, on Saturday on Route 3 in Duxbury as Benzino came upon his mother's funeral procession.
Gai Scott was charged with assault with intent to murder. His lawyer says his client acted in self-defence and legally owned the gun.
Benzino is recovering from a gunshot wound at a Boston-area hospital. He is a cast member of the VH1 reality show "Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta" and CEO of Hip-Hop Weekly magazine.
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