A rapper's lawyer A $ AP Rocky was killed in Stockholm without knowing if he would have been targeted

The lawyer who caught the attention of the world after representing rapper A $ AP Rocky was shot in the head and chest.

Forbes said that Henrik Olssen Lilja was taken to hospital on Friday morning in Stockholm. Lilja was A $ AP Rocky's lawyer in the assault case after the rapper's fight with a man in June.

Witnesses said they saw a person struggle with the lawyer in a stairwell before being shot. He used a neighbor's phone to call the police. The police said they were trying to find out if Lilja was targeted.

The artist A $ AP Rocky, a Grammy nominee, spent a month behind bars after being charged with assault for a fight in Stockholm.