On June 20, 2012, Trae tha Truth was shot in the shoulder following a performance at an afterhours club located at 9850 Westpark Drive, Houston, TX.
[15] His friend, Carlos Durell "Dinky D" Dorsey, died at the scene along with 30-year-old Erica Rochelle Dotson and Coy "Poppa C" Thompson (not related to Trae). There were around 20 gunshots fired.
[16][17] In a December 2012 interview with MTV, Trae said that he had been left lying and bleeding at the hospital for hours after being brought in.
He went on to say that he "didn't get no bandage, I ain't get no stitches, they didn't take the bullet out, none of that
Better get that stitched up.