Warrant Issued For Young Buck In Vibe Awards Stabbing

[Raiders4Life]

SANTA MONICA, California — The Santa Monica Police Department issued a warrant for the arrest of G-Unit rapper Young Buck on Tuesday (November 16) in connection with the melee at Monday's Vibe Awards.

After reviewing a videotape of the fight, investigators believe Buck (born David Darnell Brown) stabbed 26-year-old Los Angeles native Jimmy James Johnson after Johnson assaulted Dr. Dre during the ceremony at the Santa Monica Municipal Airport hangar (see "Dr. Dre Attacked, Man Stabbed During Melee At Vibe Awards").

Buck, who will be charged with assault with a deadly weapon, was one of three men seen on the videotape with knives. The other two have not been identified.

"Mr. Brown is seen lunging over another male and swinging the knife at Mr. Johnson's upper body while Johnson is looking away from him," Santa Monica Police Department spokesperson J.T. Butts Jr. said at a press conference Tuesday (November 16). "He is clearly depicted holding the knife after the assault and was a number of fight participants sprayed by pepper spray. Brown then fled the scene and was not identified until earlier this morning. ... We are asking Mr. Brown to surrender himself to the Santa Monica Police Department immediately."

The encounter began around 7:25 p.m., when Johnson approached Dr. Dre for an autograph and began punching him several times.

"As private security persons attempted to control Mr. Johnson, several males attempted to assault him," Butts said. "Two uniformed officers attempted to intervene and they themselves became victims when unidentified men threw chairs at them."

James was stabbed in the chest and suffered a collapsed lung. He was rushed to a local hospital and is in stable condition, Butts said.

James, who is on parole, has not yet been interviewed, nor has Dr. Dre. "We have a call in to him, he has not responded, but we will interview him at his earliest convenience," Butts said. "This investigation is continuing and we are in the process of identifying several other assault suspects. We have a lot of people to interview."

Butts said he has no idea what sparked the assault and made no connection between Johnson and Suge Knight, a longtime Dre rival who attended the awards.

Initially only two officers intervened, but Butts said 56 officers were on the scene within minutes, including more than 30 who were patrolling the Vibe Awards. Metal detectors were used at the doors, Butts said.

Young Buck has several arrests in Nashville on his record for minor offenses, Butts said. A spokesperson for the G-Unit had no comment.

[NobodyButMe]

sources?

jimmy james johnson? what a retarded name. JT Butts jr? what a retarded name.

what a dumbfuck...finally makes it big and then fucks it up by stabbin someone. dumbass.

[Raiders4Life]

oh i got it from mtv.com

[Woodrow]

sources?

MTV

[SlickPants]

Yeah, this was confirmed by some other sources... do a search on news.google.com

[eS El Duque]

haha...damn man.

* Bim Bam Baby plays Young Buck - Do It Like Me

[Doggystylin]

looks like 50 and banks are gonne be wearin FREE BUCK shirts now instead of FREE YAYO, lol, i mean what do you expect when you shank somebody at an awards show, come on, be smarter than that, just throw a chair or somethin

[Big BpG]

Rappers need to stop acting like kids. In fact, grown men, need to grow up. Young Buck, who gave a sort of immature loud speech at the awards just rubbed me in the wrong way. He won an award and his speech was ungrateful. Anyway, what are you doing with a knife anyway? Don't even get violent. Just seperate the ordeal. If it does get physical, use what god gave you, not a weapon. Either way, it's sad that this is happening to Dre. Why would you hate Dr. Dre?

[Danté Williams]

be smarter than that, just throw a chair or somethin

 

[7even]

I wonder how long he has to stay in prison now

[Don Seer]

if he goes to jail...

[7even]

if he goes to jail...

he's on parole.. you go to jail for every time youre parking wrong then..

[Don Seer]

where is it said he's on parole?


the guy who was stabbed is on parole... ** read it  properly 7even *

[7even]

where is it said he's on parole?


the guy who was stabbed is on parole... ** read it  properly 7even *

he's already been charged for minor offenses

[Don Seer]

dont try and wriggle.. it doesnt say he's on parole.. it says the other guy was..