Investigation into death of Notorious B.I.G. heats up- CNN VidLink & Article

[SGT x Tok3R]

http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/01/07/california.biggie.death.probe/index.html?iref=allsearch

Los Angeles (CNN) -- A task force made up of local and federal law enforcement agencies is actively pursuing leads into the 1997 slaying of hip hop artist Christopher Wallace, better known as Biggie Smalls or Notorious B.I.G., according to two sources familiar with the investigation.

According to one law enforcement source, the investigation into the 13-year-old unsolved case was "reinvigorated" months ago as a result of new information, but the source would not elaborate further because of the ongoing investigation that includes the Los Angeles Police Department, L.A. County District Attorney's Office and the FBI.

On March 9, 1997, Wallace, 24, was shot and killed while riding in a Suburban that was driving away from a music industry party at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles.

Los Angeles police said a lone gunman in a Chevy Impala pulled alongside the Suburban and opened fire on Wallace, who was in the passenger seat. Witnesses described the suspect as being an African-American man wearing a suit and bow tie.

The main theory behind shooting was payback in a so-called rap war between East and West Coast hip hop artists and their record companies- Bad Boy Entertainment in New York, which represented Wallace, and Death Row Records, headed by Marion "Suge" Knight, in Los Angeles. Six months earlier in Las Vegas, a gunman opened fire on a car driven by Knight, killing one of his top artists Tupac Shakur.

That murder remains unsolved also.

"East Coast was Biggie, West Coast was Tupac," Wallace's mother Voletta Wallace told a filmmaker in the 2002 documentary "Biggie and Tupac."

"Come on now, you're messing with lives here and that's exactly what happened. Two lives were lost as a result of what? Stupidity?" Voletta Wallace told the filmmaker.

Retired Los Angeles Police Detective Russell Poole, who worked on the Wallace case, told CNN that he believes Knight was behind the murder, even though the Death Row Records' boss was serving time on a probation violation at the time.

"Suge Knight ordered the hit," Poole said, adding that he believes it was arranged by Reggie Wright Jr., who headed security for Death Row Records.

Reggie Wright Jr. told CNN he had nothing to do with the murder, and Knight has repeatedly said he had nothing to do with the crime. Poole said he retired early from the LAPD, in part, because he was thwarted in following leads in the Wallace case involving police officers, some of whom worked off-duty for Death Row Records.

"I think I was getting too close to the truth," Poole said. "I think they feared that the truth would be a scandal."

One of the officers Poole said was involved is David Mack, who was sent to prison for robbing a bank in 1997, the same year Wallace was killed.

Poole said Mack owned the same type of car driven by the gunman who shot Wallace, and Poole said a friend of Mack's resembles a police sketch of the shooter.

CNN was unable to reach Mack for comment, but when allegations of his involvement in Wallace' slaying originally surfaced more than a decade ago, his criminal defense attorney Donald Re called the claims ridiculous.

Poole also assisted Wallace's family in their wrongful death lawsuit against the Los Angeles Police Department alleging a cover-up in the investigation.

Los Angeles City Councilman Bernard Parks was the chief of police when Poole was investigating, and he told CNN the accusations about a police cover-up are "absurd."

"We would have never ignored a lead that could have helped us solve that murder," Parks said.

Perry Sanders, Voletta Wallace's attorney, told CNN the family's lawsuit, which was originally filed in 2002, was put on hold in April after Los Angeles police said turning over evidence from the case would interfere with a beefed up investigation.

Mack was released from federal prison on May 14

[Unforgivable by Sean John]

what. in the fuck. is going on.

one of dubcc's self declared 'insiders' needs to visit this thread and drop a hypothesis as to what they think is going on here. haha. i'd rather hear some educated guesses on this than be as clueless as i am right now.

[Quadruple OG]

Here are my theories:

- a prison inmate is trying to speed up his release and conveniently remembers details about the murder

- Either Reggie Wright, David Mack and/or Amir Muhammad come forth and tell the truth

[SGT x Tok3R]

I think they are closing in on Suge.

[U.N.T.O.U.C.H.A.B.L.E.]

I think they are closing in on Suge.

they gonna do an OJ on suge

[Unforgivable by Sean John]

I think they are closing in on Suge.

possibly. maybe suge got into some HUGE legal trouble and is snitching on himself to reduce the sentence? who knows. the theory that an inmate/someone charged with another crime conveniently remembers details about the murder is maybe a bit more plausible.

From what I've heard, it is plausible that Suge ordered for Big to be killed. But I just don't see how it is plausible that Suge ordered for Pac to be killed, which Poole was claiming in the video.

Why would you order for someone to be killed while they are sitting next to you. Any of those bullets could have easily killed Suge. The shooter was leaning out his window firing a handgun - not exactly perfect aim. No one in their right mind would say 'yo, kill this guy while he's in my passenger seat and while I'm driving'. It's possible that Suge actually did order the hit on pac, but that the plan was absolutely botched and pac was supposed to be shot while he was by himself...

[Smackdog]

I think they are closing in on Suge.

possibly. maybe suge got into some HUGE legal trouble and is snitching on himself to reduce the sentence? who knows. the theory that an inmate/someone charged with another crime conveniently remembers details about the murder is maybe a bit more plausible.

From what I've heard, it is plausible that Suge ordered for Big to be killed. But I just don't see how it is plausible that Suge ordered for Pac to be killed, which Poole was claiming in the video.

Why would you order for someone to be killed while they are sitting next to you. Any of those bullets could have easily killed Suge. The shooter was leaning out his window firing a handgun - not exactly perfect aim. No one in their right mind would say 'yo, kill this guy while he's in my passenger seat and while I'm driving'. It's possible that Suge actually did order the hit on pac, but that the plan was absolutely botched and pac was supposed to be shot while he was by himself...

Hey Dumbass....have you ever heard of bullet proof vests?

[DTG Entertainment]

I think they are closing in on Suge.

possibly. maybe suge got into some HUGE legal trouble and is snitching on himself to reduce the sentence? who knows. the theory that an inmate/someone charged with another crime conveniently remembers details about the murder is maybe a bit more plausible.

From what I've heard, it is plausible that Suge ordered for Big to be killed. But I just don't see how it is plausible that Suge ordered for Pac to be killed, which Poole was claiming in the video.

Why would you order for someone to be killed while they are sitting next to you. Any of those bullets could have easily killed Suge. The shooter was leaning out his window firing a handgun - not exactly perfect aim. No one in their right mind would say 'yo, kill this guy while he's in my passenger seat and while I'm driving'. It's possible that Suge actually did order the hit on pac, but that the plan was absolutely botched and pac was supposed to be shot while he was by himself...

Hey Dumbass....have you ever heard of bullet proof vests?

Hey asshat, ever heard of bulletproof vests not covering an entire fucking body?

[Unforgivable by Sean John]

I think they are closing in on Suge.

possibly. maybe suge got into some HUGE legal trouble and is snitching on himself to reduce the sentence? who knows. the theory that an inmate/someone charged with another crime conveniently remembers details about the murder is maybe a bit more plausible.

From what I've heard, it is plausible that Suge ordered for Big to be killed. But I just don't see how it is plausible that Suge ordered for Pac to be killed, which Poole was claiming in the video.

Why would you order for someone to be killed while they are sitting next to you. Any of those bullets could have easily killed Suge. The shooter was leaning out his window firing a handgun - not exactly perfect aim. No one in their right mind would say 'yo, kill this guy while he's in my passenger seat and while I'm driving'. It's possible that Suge actually did order the hit on pac, but that the plan was absolutely botched and pac was supposed to be shot while he was by himself...

Hey Dumbass....have you ever heard of bullet proof vests?

bullet proof vests dont protect your head.... and the shooter could have easily misfired and put one in suge's head. suge actually claims that this did happen, but we know it didn't. nonetheless... it could have ACTUALLY happened, lol, if a misfire happened.

[Smackdog]

I think they are closing in on Suge.

possibly. maybe suge got into some HUGE legal trouble and is snitching on himself to reduce the sentence? who knows. the theory that an inmate/someone charged with another crime conveniently remembers details about the murder is maybe a bit more plausible.

From what I've heard, it is plausible that Suge ordered for Big to be killed. But I just don't see how it is plausible that Suge ordered for Pac to be killed, which Poole was claiming in the video.

Why would you order for someone to be killed while they are sitting next to you. Any of those bullets could have easily killed Suge. The shooter was leaning out his window firing a handgun - not exactly perfect aim. No one in their right mind would say 'yo, kill this guy while he's in my passenger seat and while I'm driving'. It's possible that Suge actually did order the hit on pac, but that the plan was absolutely botched and pac was supposed to be shot while he was by himself...

Hey Dumbass....have you ever heard of bullet proof vests?

bullet proof vests dont protect your head.... and the shooter could have easily misfired and put one in suge's head. suge actually claims that this did happen, but we know it didn't. nonetheless... it could have ACTUALLY happened, lol, if a misfire happened.

Professional shooters don't misfire......sorry to break the news to you

[ICHI THE KILLER]

I think they are closing in on Suge.

possibly. maybe suge got into some HUGE legal trouble and is snitching on himself to reduce the sentence? who knows. the theory that an inmate/someone charged with another crime conveniently remembers details about the murder is maybe a bit more plausible.

From what I've heard, it is plausible that Suge ordered for Big to be killed. But I just don't see how it is plausible that Suge ordered for Pac to be killed, which Poole was claiming in the video.

Why would you order for someone to be killed while they are sitting next to you. Any of those bullets could have easily killed Suge. The shooter was leaning out his window firing a handgun - not exactly perfect aim. No one in their right mind would say 'yo, kill this guy while he's in my passenger seat and while I'm driving'. It's possible that Suge actually did order the hit on pac, but that the plan was absolutely botched and pac was supposed to be shot while he was by himself...

Hey Dumbass....have you ever heard of bullet proof vests?

bullet proof vests dont protect your head.... and the shooter could have easily misfired and put one in suge's head. suge actually claims that this did happen, but we know it didn't. nonetheless... it could have ACTUALLY happened, lol, if a misfire happened.

Professional shooters don't misfire......sorry to break the news to you

Professional shooters LOOOL yep they hire Carlos aka The Jackal  to get rid of biggie u must be one of the most retarded posters here

[Quadruple OG]

I don't think Suge would G-Dep himself. I think it has more to do with someone close to the situation. You never know, Puffy's been hanging out a lot with Officer Ross lately...

[Unforgivable by Sean John]

I think they are closing in on Suge.

possibly. maybe suge got into some HUGE legal trouble and is snitching on himself to reduce the sentence? who knows. the theory that an inmate/someone charged with another crime conveniently remembers details about the murder is maybe a bit more plausible.

From what I've heard, it is plausible that Suge ordered for Big to be killed. But I just don't see how it is plausible that Suge ordered for Pac to be killed, which Poole was claiming in the video.

Why would you order for someone to be killed while they are sitting next to you. Any of those bullets could have easily killed Suge. The shooter was leaning out his window firing a handgun - not exactly perfect aim. No one in their right mind would say 'yo, kill this guy while he's in my passenger seat and while I'm driving'. It's possible that Suge actually did order the hit on pac, but that the plan was absolutely botched and pac was supposed to be shot while he was by himself...

Hey Dumbass....have you ever heard of bullet proof vests?

bullet proof vests dont protect your head.... and the shooter could have easily misfired and put one in suge's head. suge actually claims that this did happen, but we know it didn't. nonetheless... it could have ACTUALLY happened, lol, if a misfire happened.

Professional shooters don't misfire......sorry to break the news to you

says you. look, we really don't know what the fuck happened here - but i'm sure the whole picture will get clearer as info from the investigation is released. even a professional shooter (there are pro shooters in the crips?) is going to loose accuracy when shooting a handgun out the window of a car into another car that is behind it by a little bit....

[Smackdog]

Just give you a lesson in shooting guns...... actually shooting a gun outside the window of a parked car makes the shooting more accurate not less......whenever you have something to brace a gun against...Like for example a car door...the accuracy increases cause the gun won't move from side to side plus...just to give an idea about this...snipers are the most accurate guns....and part of the reason is that they use tripods that brace the barrells so the shooter has more leverage to aim the gun instead of wasting all his energy on holding the gun......

[Unforgivable by Sean John]

From the new rolling stone article (Jan 7) on the murders of big and pac:

""When you saw it laid out, the whole thing looked pretty well planned," Poole says. "But how did the killers know Tupac would be in that car at that place at that time?" Poole's suspicions would harden into a working theory after he learned that Snoop Dogg had told the L.A. County Sheriff's office that Knight was behind Shakur's murder. Poole was further convinced after he was advised by several people who knew Knight well that he was perfectly capable of taking the risks involved in sitting so close to the target of a contract killing."

here is the full article:

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-unsolved-mystery-of-the-notorious-b-i-g-20110107


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