Suge Knight held in LA over deadly crash

A lawyer says rap mogul Marion "Suge" Knight was involved in a fatal hit-and-run in Los Angeles. Source: AAP

DEATH Row Records founder Marion "Suge" Knight has turned himself into authorities after his lawyer said the rap mogul accidentally ran over and killed a friend and injured another man.

THE Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said the incident was being investigated as a homicide and that Knight was a person of interest.

In a brief statement released early Friday, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said Knight was at the West Hollywood station with his lawyer and was being interviewed by homicide detectives.No other information was released and there was no mention if Knight was being held.Video provided by ONSCENE.TV showed Knight getting out of a private car at the sheriff's station and then leisurely walking into the building with companions and others who appeared to be law officers.Officials say that a red pick-up truck struck the men in the parking lot of a fast-food restaurant. A 55-year-old man died at a hospital and a 51-year-old man was injured but Corina did not immediately know his condition."We are confident that once the investigation is completed, he will be totally exonerated," lawyer James Blatt said earlier by telephone.Late Thursday, Los Angeles County sheriff's Lieutenant John Corina told reporters that the crash occurred around 3pm in the parking lot of the restaurant in the Los Angeles-area city of Compton and then the driver took off."Looks like he drove backwards and struck the victims and drove forwards and struck them again," Corina said."The people we talked to say it looked like it was an intentional act," he said.The Sheriff's Department said in a statement that two people were in the parking lot when the red pick-up arrived and its driver became involved in an argument with them."The argument escalated and the driver backed up striking one of the victims. The driver then drove forward driving over both victims," the sheriff's statement said."Various witnesses described the driver as being Marion Suge Knight."The empty truck was found late Thursday night in a West Los Angeles parking lot, Corina said.He said the rap mogul was seen driving a red pick-up truck 20 minutes earlier in a different part of town where a video was being shot.Witnesses also spoke of an argument."To see the argument happen, it's one thing," said 17-year-old Robert Smith, who was eating in the restaurant."Seeing the car incident, that was shocking."Blatt said it was an accident."He was in the process of being physically assaulted by two men and in an effort to escape he unfortunately hit two (other) individuals," the lawyer said."He was in his car trying to escape."Knight founded Death Row Records, one of rap's leading labels, in the 1990s, releasing labels by artists like Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, and Tupac Shakur.He later declared bankruptcy and the company was auctioned off.Knight has a long history of run-ins with the law ranging from assaults to driving violations.He has serve timed for probation violations.Last August, Knight was shot six times at a Los Angeles nightclub. No arrests have been made.

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