Death Row Records founder Marion “Suge” Knight accidentally ran over and killed a friend and injured another man on Thursday as he fled attackers, his lawyer said. Authorities said the incident was being investigated as a homicide.
Knight, 49, planned to turn himself in to authorities and “we are confident that once the investigation is completed, he will be totally exonerated,” attorney James said by telephone.
A red pickup truck struck the men at around 3 p.m. PST in the parking lot of a fast-food restaurant in the Los Angeles-area city of Compton and then took off, Los Angeles County sheriff’s Lt. John Corina told reporters. He said the incident is being investigated as a homicide.
“Looks like he drove backwards and struck the victims and drove forwards and struck them again,” Corina said.
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Last August, Knight was shot six times at a Los Angeles nightclub. No arrests have been made.
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AP writer Robert Jablon contributed to this report from Los Angeles.