Death Row Records founder and rap mogul Marion "Suge" Knight was
injured in an early morning shooting Sunday in a packed nightclub but
was expected to survive, a Los Angeles County sheriff's sergeant said.
Knight was one of three club patrons struck by gunfire around 1:30
a.m. at 1OAK on West Hollywood's Sunset Boulevard, said Sgt. C. Tatar,
watch commander at the Los Angeles County sheriff's West Hollywood
station.
Two other victims, a man and a woman, were also being treated at local
hospitals and were expected to survive.
Authorities are still seeking a suspect and declined to release
additional information, citing the ongoing investigation.
The shooting came just hours before MTV's Video Music Awards, which
are slated for Sunday evening in Inglewood. R&B singer Chris Brown,
who was co-hosting a party at the nightclub with Pia Mia, was also
inside the club but not hit by the gunfire, Tatar said.
MTV said it had no affiliation or connection to the event.
While he didn't mention the shooting directly, Brown seemed to refer
to it on Twitter.
"It's disappointing that we as a society can't have fun or enjoy
ourselves without any altercations sometimes. Miss me with the
bulls---!!!," Brown tweeted.
Knight has been shot before. In 2005, he was struck in the leg during
an MTV awards pre-party in Miami Beach.
http://www.thestar.com/
