Suge Knight Being Interviewed by L.A. Officers After Fatal Hit Run


Suge Knight arrives at the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards

Suge Knight arrives at the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards at the American Airlines Arena August 29, 2004 in Miami, Florida. 



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After a fatal hit-and-run in Compton, Calif., Suge Knight is being interviewed by officers, the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department announced early Friday morning (Jan. 30).

The Death Row Records co-founder’s whereabouts were unknown fullowing the incident, in which Knight allegedly got into a confrontation on the set of a Straight Outta Compton promotional shoot and then backed his truck into two people — one fatally — as he fled. Following the hit-and-run, which took place around 3 p.m. PT on Thursday, the Sheriff’s Department issued a bulletin to all Southern California law enforcement saying to be on the lookout for a possibly “armed and dangerous” Knight.

Suge Knight Involved in Fatal Hit & Run

“Suge Knight, a person of interest in a fatal traffic incident in Compton, is at West Hollywood Sheriff’s Station with his attorney and is being interviewed by Homicide detectives,” read a press release from the L.A. Sheriff’s Department to Billboard. “There is no further information at this time.”

LASD confirmed that one of the victims, a 55-year-old man, died at the hospital following the crash. The other, a 51-year-old man, sustained undisclosed injuries. According to TMZ, the late victim was Terry Carter, a friend of Knight’s. Actor Cle “Bone” Sloan was also reportedly struck with the vehicle and received non-life threatening injuries.

This is the latest in a string of legal run-ins for Knight. In August, he was shot at a pre-VMA party in Los Angeles, and in October, he and comedian Katt Williams were charged with robbery after a celebrity photographer claimed the men stole her camera.