Beanie wanted in connection with a shooting

[The Watcher]

Rapper Beanie Sigel Sought In Connection With Shooting

Victim In Fair Condition

PHILADELPHIA -- Hip-hop artist Beanie Sigel is wanted in connection with a shooting in West Philadelphia this week that critically injured a man, police said Thursday.

Police issued an arrest warrant on Tuesday for Sigel, whose real name is Dwight Grant, but investigators have so far been unable to locate him, said Sgt. Roland Lee, a police spokesman.

Sigel is accused of shooting Terrence Speller, 26, in the stomach and foot around 1 a.m. Tuesday.


He was taken to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in critical condition, police said. His condition has since been upgraded to fair.

Speller told police he was involved in an argument with two women outside the Pony Tail Bar on South 52nd Street before the shooting. He said he was walking away from the bar with a few other people when a Cadillac pulled over.

A man whom Speller identified as Sigel got out of the car and asked the two women, "Which one?" He then fired two shots at Speller, police said.

The arrest warrant is the latest run-in with the law for Sigel, who is awaiting a preliminary hearing later this month on aggravated assault charges. He also is expected to be arraigned in two weeks in a separate case on charges including carrying a firearm in a public street, possession of arms by a convicted criminal and carrying a firearm without a license, according to court records.

Sigel's attorney, Fortunato Perri Jr., did not immediately return a call for comment Thursday.

Sigel gained a following with his gold-certified debut CD, "The Truth." He followed that up with 2001's "The Reason," which spent several weeks in the top 10 of Billboard's R&B/Hip-Hop album chart.

Copyright 2003 by The Associated Press.

[Darksider]

Maybe suge , beanie sigel and all them other hiphop cats should start a jail-record label.....