Rap mogul Marion ‘Suge’ Knight likely to survive latest shooting
Death Row Records founder shot at pre-MTV awards party in Los Angeles nightclub
Rap impresario Marion "Suge" Knight, founder of Death Row Records, is likely to survive being shot inside a packed Los Angeles nightclub at a party hosted by singer Chris Brown, doctors say.
Knight was shot twice early on Sunday along with two others.
Knight's family called for prayers for the mogul. "The family of Suge Knight asks that you keep Suge in your prayers and to stay away from the negativity portrayed by the media," the family said in a statement. "Suge is currently resting and has lost a lot of blood."
Knight, who has a long history of run-ins with the law, has been shot before. In 2005, he was struck in the leg during an MTV awards pre-party in Miami Beach.
In 1996, he was at the wheel of a BMW in Las Vegas when passenger and popular rapper Tupac Shakur was fatally wounded by gunmen in another vehicle. Shakur died a week later, and the case has not been solved.
Gunfire erupted inside the cavernous 1 OAK club on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood at about 1.30am on Sunday as Brown was performing at the pre-MTV Video Music Awards party. Sheriff's deputies quickly descended on the venue, but the gunman managed to escape.
"I was about to leave, and all of a sudden I heard gunshots," said one witness, who did not want to be identified. "I saw a bunch of people running out. I ran out with them ... The cops had their guns drawn towards the doors."