Friday, January 30, 2015

Suge Knight turns himself in after 'killing friend in hit-and-run

 Marion 'Suge' Knight has apparently turned himself in to authorities after he was involved in a fatal hit-and-run incident on Thursday in Compton, California, that left one man dead and put another in the hospital.
According to Mailonline,Police believe Knight and some other men were involved in an argument on the set of the upcoming N.W.A. biopic Straight Outta Compton on Thursday afternoon.
When the men went to lunch at Tam's Burger's 20 minutes later, Knight, 49, is believed to have followed the men in his red pickup truck before running two of them over in the parking lot.

Knight's lawyer says his client 'accidentally' hit the men but the incident is being treated as a homicide.Lt. John Corina of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department detective's unit said:
'Looks like he drove backwards and struck the victims and drove forwards and struck them again.The people we talked to say it looked like it was an intentional act.They obviously knew each other.They got into some kind of verbal altercation and it escalated.The man who was killed was 55 and the surviving victim is 51. His condition is unknown. 
Early this morning Knight was seen arriving at a Sheriff's West Hollywood Station, ABC 7 Los Angeles reported.  Homicide detectives are interviewing the Death Row Records founder.
Blatt admitted Knight was driving the truck but said he was 'confident that once the investigation is completed, he will be totally exonerated'.
'He was in the process of being physically assaulted by two men and in an effort to escape he unfortunately hit two (other) individuals.He was in his car trying to escape.' 
Knight's empty truck was found late Thursday night in a West Los Angeles parking lot.
This is all just the most recent in a string of legal problems and police run-ins for Knight.
He was shot six times in August at a Los Angeles nightclub at a party hosted by Chris Brown.
Then, he and comedian Katt Williams were arrested in October and charged with felony robbery for allegedly stealing a camera for a woman who was taking photos of the two.

The actual incident took place on September 5, just over a week after Knight had been shot.
He had been scheduled to appear in court this week after pleading not guilty in that case and being set free on$500,000 bail.

Knight was also arrested in both 2009 and 2010 for his alleged involvement in two robberies.
In 2008 he was also arrested on suspicion of drug possession and assault. 
In 1996 he was driving with his friend Tupac Shakur when the rapper was shot and killed in the passenger seat, a case that to this day remains unsolved.

In 1997 he was sentenced to nine years in prison after being convicted in an assault case, and was released in 2001.
He was sent back two years later for violating his parole - after he hit a parking attendant.  

No comments: