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Joseph Ryan, aka 29-E, shot dead at hip-hop Chop Suey show and two others hospitalized.

Shortly after midnight last Saturday, gunfire erupted backstage during a hip-hop show at Chop Suey on Capitol Hill, leaving Joseph Ryan, aka 29-E, dead and two others hospitalized. According to eyewitness accounts, the gunman gained access to the backstage hallway when a performer responded to a knock at the outside door. At press time, two suspects were in police custody.Renee McMahon "Like a lot of my friends and family, I've stood in that hallway and opened [that door] dozens upon dozens of times," explains Larry Mizell Jr., MC for local hip-hop acts Cancer Rising, They Live, and Night Owls. "It's how the artists get in the venue, and rappers are always running late, so you gotta listen for that knock. It could've been any of us."Predictably, local news and culture message boards (including 206Proof, the one founded by Mizell himself) lit up instantly with fingers pointing in every direction. Whether blame was being aimed at Chop Suey, Big Kountry Ent...