Legendary rock guitarist Jake E. Lee was shot dead in Las Vegas | Cats | Entertainment

A rock star was injured in an early morning shooting in Las Vegas.

Jake E. Lee was shot multiple times in a shooting on a Las Vegas street, Lee's management confirmed Tuesday morning.

Lee, a Las Vegas resident, “is fully conscious and doing well in the intensive care unit of a Las Vegas hospital. He is expected to make a full recovery,” the musician’s representatives said in a statement.

The incident was “completely random,” the statement said.

As the incident is reported, no further details will be released. Representatives have said that Lee and his family ask the public to respect his privacy.

Lee performed with Ozzy Osbourne and Badlands as well as his latest project Red Dragon Cartel. The latter band served as his comeback project after rarely appearing in public over the past two decades.

According to a February story in the rock bar Loudersound, Lee had been getting over the deaths of his parents, his first wife and singer Ray Gillen.

At the age of 67, Lee performed again with Red Dragon Cartel. The band was co-founded by Vegas musician and studio operator Ronnie Mancuso and English-born singer Darren James Smith. At the height of his fame in the mid-'80s, Lee had played with Osbourne at the Monsters of Rock festival in front of 60,000 fans.

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