[was a while ago..but...]

SOHH.com has obtained exclusive information about a robbery/murder attempt on Def Jam rapper, Joe Budden. Police sources have confirmed that a masked gunman on a bicycle rolled up and attempted to shoot Budden while the rapper sat in his Hummer in a Jersey City neighborhood one fateful October night.

At 1:30am on October 17th, Joe Budden sat in the driver's seat of his 2003 Hummer with three friends on the corner of Gifford and Bergen in the notorious "Junction" section of Jersey City. The group was waiting on two other vehicles with friends on their way to celebrate a birthday.

As Budden and friends sat in the vehicle, a black male in a black ski masked rolled up on a bicycle directly beside the driver door, where Budden was seated. The assailant stuck a 9mm handgun in a window and attempted to fire the weapon twice in the window. When the weapon did not fire, the gunman turned the gun directly onto Budden at point blank range and attempted to fire again.

Realizing the gun had failed on both attempts, the gunman was reported to have jokingly said "just playing" and sped off on the bicycle. Budden ensued chase in the Hummer, losing the victim and later catching up with him in front of a police precinct where the victim fled to hide.

The suspect, identified as 23-year old Joshua Robinson of Park Street in Jersey City, was arrested as he cowered in the precinct vestibule. His Taurus pp11 9mm handgun was recovered on the steps of the precinct along with his ski mask and bicycle.

Jersey City police have confirmed there were ten live rounds in the gun. The gun jammed because of a round that was stuck in its side. Robinson has been charged with aggravated assault, possession of a weapon and possession of a weapon for unlawful purposes and faces twenty years in jail.

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