The Oakland community is mourning the tragic loss of Wayne Shaw, the older brother of legendary rapper Too Short. Shaw, 61, was fatally shot on Wednesday morning, January 24, while reportedly protecting a marijuana grow operation in East Oakland.

Too $hort’s older brother, Wayne Shaw, was fatally shot in Oakland while reportedly guarding an alleged marijuana grow operation.

Oakland police are investigating a Wednesday morning homicide in the city's Melrose neighborhood. At about 7 a.m.. officers were sent to the 1200 block of 49th Avenue near East 12th Street after the Police Department received multiple alerts from its automatic gunshot detection system.

The older brother of Bay Area rap legend Too Short was shot and killed in Oakland Wednesday morning during an attempted robbery, according to police. The shooting happened at about 7 a.m. after multiple suspects tried to ram a car into an industrial building on 49th Avenue near East 12th Street,

The older brother of iconic Bay Area rapper Too Short was shot and killed while protecting a marijuana grow operation in East Oakland, sources told KTVU.