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K1ll1_ng of Rap Star
Bureau discards theory
being pursued by its lead
agent regarding slaying
of Notorious B.I.G. .
By CHUCK PHILIPS
Tfmes Stew Writer
The FBI has closed an inves-
tigation into the 1997 slaying of
rap star Notorious B.I.G., aban-
doning a controversial theory
pursued by its lead agent on the
case.
The bureau spent 18 months
investigating the possibility that
a rogue Los Angeles police om-
cer and rap mogul Marion
Suge Knight orchestrated the
killing ofB.I.G., whose real name
was Christopher Wallace.
FBI oicials conducted a re-
view of the investigation and
shut. it donm in January after
learning that Agent Philip J. Car-
son had discussions with lawyers
for Wallace's mother, Voletta
Wallace, and had been subpoe- Lon! Snzpnnn Ln: Angela: runes
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gunned dawn near; the Petersen
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Angeles in 1997. '
naed to testify in her wrongful-
death lawsuit against the city.
The FBI has informed Voletta
WaIlaces lawyers that Carson
will not testify in the case. Oi~
cials also ordered Carson to have
no further contact withthe law-
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mtfor ocverirgirgp rm-.' ,.1l.ice' involver'n¬nt in her son's kill- ~r§ing, issecking unspecied mon-
;=_etary damages. The casescheduled B0 E0 to trial Apnl 12 in, -federal court in Los Angeles.- - It is unclear what testimony
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",1 ; Louis J. Caprlno Jn, actingiihead of the criminal division of:1 Xhe l"'Bl's hos Angeles eld oioe ., said this week that Carsons in-lj-vestigation was closed because[federal prosecutors reviewed thefjavidenee he had gathered and- determined that there was nobasis for prosecution."i"_» FBI olcials acknowledildthat they discussed with Carson', his dealings with the Wallace,- lawyers. But they said that had-' no bearing on the decision to halt
.» the investigation. Ij ._ 'Caprino said the discussion- was part of a standard adminis- revlew conducted when- ever an agent is subpoenaed to.testl.ty. He said the bureau found
improper conduct on Car- S0ns part.
,.- , Perry Sanders, an attorney'ior Voletta Wallace. took issuewith the FBIs explanation for.' why the probe was discontinued.I Sanders said the LAPD ex-erted political pressure on the- FBI to lay o the case. He saidhe learned this from a reliable_c9niident-ial source whom heI would not identity.'- Assistant FBI Director Rich-fl ard fl. Garcia, head of the Los
asked or directed to stop any-' thing, Garcia said in an inter- _view. This investigation was re-
viewed diligently by [Carson's]boss on a regular basis and theresults were submitted to thyU.S. attorneys olhce. They de-.tennined that the evidence was;-insumcient for prosecution. Sowe dropped it.",~ _. Christopher Wallace, then 24,Jwas gunned down March 9, 1997,. .in front of hundreds of fans aftera music industry party at the Pe-tersen Automotive Museum inthe mid-Wilshire district. ~ LAPD detectives have pur-sued various theories in their ef-forts to solve the crime. One isthat the killing, like that or mpstar Tupac Shakur six monthsearlier, stemmed trom a feud be-tween rap gures in New Yorkand Los Angeles.Shakur was the brightest star~0f Knighvs Death ROW Recordsin Los Angeles. Wallace was as-somated with Bad Boy Recordsln New York. The IZWO stars andtheir associates had exchangedinsults and threats on stage andin recordings..,In 1998, LAPD investigatorsbegan to suspect that a dis-;g"r-aced former officer, David A I92A;_:]|Znalts Probe of Killing I
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snnxrno DAMAGES: Volettu Wdlldce, mother ofche rap starNotorious B1. G., has led a lawsuit accusing the LAPD of co2>e1-mgup police involvement in her_sons killing.
Mack, may have been involved.By then, Mack was in prison forrobbing a bank. He had been onthe police force at the time of
Wallace's killing. _Detectives learned that Mackowned a black Chevrolet Impalasimilar to one seen speedingfrom the murder scene. A wit-ness said he saw Mack outsidethe automotive museum severalhours before the shooting. '
Then-Det. Rusell Poole ad-vanced the idea that Mackplanned the killing at Knight'sbehest and arranged for a friend,
Wallace. "
Other information gatheredby investigators did not supportthe theory, however, and detect-ives turned their attention else-where. Knight, Mack and Mu-_hammad, a Southland mortgagebroker, have all denied any role inthe lnlllng.Since resigning from theLAPD in 1999, Poole has contin-ued bo promote his theory inbooks and through appearancesin documentaries and on TVshows. Voletta Wallace's lawsuitincorporates Pocle's arguments,and he is listed as an expert wit-ness for the plaintiffs.Carson, the FBI agent, beganhis investigation after watchingPoole on a Tj/';specia.l in the surn-rner of 2003. court documentsshow. _Carson contacted Poole andinterviewed other detectives,Witnesses and informantsaround the country at the sug-gestion oi Wallace farnily attor-neys. records show.In December 2003, Carsonand other agents conducted sur-veillance of Muhammad andwired an informant i.n an at-tempt to illicit incriminatingstatements from him. The effort
yielded nothing.In February 2004, Carsonvisited Mack at a federal prisonin Alabama Mack has said Car-son otiered to seek a reduction inhis 14-year sentence for the bankrobbery if he cooperated in theWallace investigation.In a court ling, Mack said herejected the offer in no uncertainterms.fl advised Carson that hc hadin be either the most inept or la-ziest agent I had ever met," Mackwrote. It was obvious that he . . ._was only regurgitating the alle-gations contained in the Wallace
gation. No one at the FBI was - This week, FBI officials dis"
puted Mack's account, contend-ing that Carson never offered toseek a reduction in his sentence,which they said would have vio-lat/ed FBI policy. '
In _ September, FBI officialssay. they asked Carson to attenda meeting to discuss why hisname was on a plaintl"s list ofpotential Witnesses.- During the meeting, Ca.rs0nsbosses also discussed his con-duct of the investigation and ex-plored his dealings with theplaintilfs attorneys, sourcessaid.FBI officials were concernedthat Carson might have been in-uenced by the Wallace lawyersand that his contacts with them.could embarrass the bureau, thesources said. '
FBI aynts are perrnlthed tocontact civil attorneys to see ifthey have information relevantto a criminal investigation. Butbureau policy bars agents fromsharing investigative informa-tion With them.Carson and his FBI sup8I101'Ssaid he never shared informationwith Wallace's lawyers.Times std writer Greg Kri-korlan contributed to this re-
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CHRISTOPHER WALLACE - MURDER VICTIM;
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CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATION;
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DESCRIPTION: HEADQUARTERS NOTIFICATION REGARDING NATIONAL MEDIA ATTENTION OF THE
CLOSING OF THE CAPTIONED INVESTIGATION.
The captioned investigation was opened by >n 12/17/2002. The investigation was
predicated upon multiple source information allegingt att e mur ' - ' ap recording starChristopher Wallace aka. "Notorious B.l.G_~! was perpetrated b nd associate
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articles, books and television documentaries since late 1996
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management and the receipt of a declination to prosecute from the United States Attorrieys Ofce, Central
District of California.
On 3/11/2005 an article appeared on page B-1 of the Los Angeles Times "California" Section!. Several sections
of the article state that the FBls investigation into the murder of Wallace was terminated because of pexerted by the Los Angeles Police Department The article also specicall names and discusses ndetail with respect to a subpoena issues by attorne!:o testify in the civil lawsuit,
currently scheduled to begin on 4/12/2005. e os nge es Division is currently opposing this subpoena and
the article states that this is also a result of pressure from the LAPD and an on~going effort to cover up LAPD
involvement in Wallace's murder.
The purpose of this note is to notify the Director of the national media attention that this matter is likely to
generate in the next several days and weeks. The Los Angeles Division has already been contacted regarding
the ctosing of the investigation by numerous media agencies and the Times article is being carried by both the AP
and UPI. In addition, it is believed that the Times article is the rst in a series of articles to be published in the
immediate future. The Los Angeles Division witl notify Headquarters of further developments in this matter as
they occur.
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FBI Probes Rap Star's '97 Killing; The agency pursues a 6-year-old theory
_that a rogue LAPD officer arranged the murder of Notorious B.l.G. with rap
"mogul Suge Knight.:[H0lVIE EDITION]
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Seven years after the killing of rap star Notorious B.l.G., the F Bl is investigating allegations that anrogue Los
Angeles police officer orchestrated the slaying with rap mogul Marion "Suge Knight, according to court
documents and law enforcement sources.
The FBI is pursuing a 6-year-old theoiy that then-Officer David A. Mack, acting at Knight's request, arranged for
Amir Muhammad, Mack's friend and college roommate, to ambush the rapper outside the Petersen Automotive
Museum on Wilshire Boulevard.
Over the years, the LAPD has offered conicting assessments of the theory, which police at one point took
seriously. Documents show that LAPD detectives are now focusing on an alternative theory that centers on a
Houston rap entrepreneur. '
Mack, Knight and Muhammad, a Southiand mortgage broker, have long denied any involvement in the 1997
killing. -
"l have stated from the outset that I have nothing whatsoever to do with any of this," Muhammad, who also uses
-, the name Harry Billups, said in a telephone interview Thursday from his attorney's ofce. "l've done nothing
wrong. l don't have anything to hide."
Knight, founder of Death Row Records, also rejected the allegations.
l don't know David Mack or Amir Muhammad. I've never met them," he said by phone from Mule Creek State
Prison, where he is sewing time for a probation violation. "The FBI has never contacted me, but I'm glad they
are looking into all of this stuff. I hope they solve it."
Notorious B.l.G., whose real name was Christopher Wallace, was gunned down just after midnight March 9,
1997, in front of hundreds of people who had just left a music industry party at the Petersen museum. The
Brooklyn rapper was sitting in the passenger seat of a sport utility vehicie at a red light when a lone assassin in a
dark Impala pulled up in the neighboring lane and opened re.
The killing occurred six months after rap star Tupac Shakur was fatally wounded in a drive-by attack in Las
Vegas.
Noone has ever been charged in either killing.
Early on, detectives speculated that the murders may have stemmed from a rivalry between East Coast and
West Coast rappers. Before their deaths, Shakur and Wallace had been feuding, and a rivalry between their K
record labels, Los Angeles-based Death Row and New York-based Bad Boy Entertainment, had escalated into a
series of assaults and shootings.
Each label used gang members for protection, and police investigated the possibility that both killings were
committed by members of Compton's Southside Crips gang.
The theory now being investigated by the FBI was first advanced in 1998 by then-LAPD Det. Russeil Poole. '
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According to Poole, Knight had Shakurmed because the rap star was about to leaghis label - and Knight
then had Wallace murdered to make it appear that both slayings were the result of a bicoastai rap feud. Poole
contends that Knight may have used corrupt police officers to help carry out both murders.
Mack, onetime partner of disgraced former LAPD Ofcer Rafael Perez, came under suspicion after he was
arrested in December 1997 for robbing a bank. He was later convicted and is sewing a 14-year prison term.
Mack owned a black impala similar to the car used in the Wallace slaying, and a witness reported seeing him at
the scene. informants told investigators that Mack may have provided security for Knight. Both men grew up in
Compton. _ _ F
Poole began scrutinizing Muhammad, who was a classmate of Mack's at the University of Oregon, after learning
that he had visited Mack in prison in December 1997. Several months earlier, a jailhouse informant had told
detectives that Wai|ace's killer was a Southside Crip who went by a Middle Eastern name, possibly "Amir" or
"Ashmir' - - and that his true name might be Abraham or Kenny or Keeky_
A driver's license photo of Muhammad resembles a police sketch of Wallace's killer based on witness
descriptions. One witness told police he saw a man who resembled Muhammad outside the Petersen museum
the night of the shooting. .
Muhammad, in the phone interview, said the account was unfounded. Anybody who says they saw me there
that night or thatl had anything to do with this is a liar," he said. -
Poole resigned from the LAPD in 1999 after disputes with his superiors about the direction of various
investigations, including the one into Wallace's murder.
Since then, Poole has promoted his theory of the Wallace slaying in newspaper interviews and books and
through appearances on documentaries and TV shows. He has endorsed a screenplay treatment of it that is
being shopped to Hollywood studios. Actor Sylvester Stallone has discussed portraying Poole in a movie.
Poole also joined forces with Wallace's mother, Voletta, who led a wrongful-death suit against the city of Los
Angeles two years ago. The suit contends the LAPD covered up police involvement in the rapper's killing.
The case is scheduled to go to trial July 27 in federal court in Los Angeles, with Poole testifying as an expertwitness for the plaintiffs. Lawyers in the case have taken depositions from Poole and other police ofcers tied toj
the Wallace investigation. irréthose depositions, which. have been sealed under court order, officers disclose-'details about the FBl probe. " ' '
The FBI's interest in the case was sparked by a TV special on the Wallace killing aired on the VH1 cable
channel last summer. An FBI-agent who saw the show later contacted attomeys for the Wallace family, who
alleged that witnesses were afraid to talk to LAPD detectives about the case, documents show,
The FBI has interviewed severalwitnesses at the suggestion of the Wallace family's lawyers. Depositions A
suggest that agents have reviewed Muhammad's mortgage payments and phone records and conducted
wiretaps, trying to link him to Mack. .
an attempt to elicit incrimihatihgstatements from himjfhe effortyieldednothing,*according-tcicotrffdocumentsne FBI recently conducted surveillance of Muhammad in San Dieqo_am1,_so_urces said, wired an informant
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An FBI agent recently tried to interview Mack at the federal prison in Alabama where he is serving 14- years for
the 19'97 btahk'irobberyt Mack denied having anything to do with the Wallace murder, according to court records
and sources.
,The FBI declined to comment on the investigation. Documents indicate that the bureau is coordinating its work
with the LAPD's Professional Standards Bureau, which iooks into alleged police misconduct.
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g:l__i,l92PD Deputy Chief Michael Berkow, gd of the bureau, said Friday: "This is a=jo9FBl-LAPD investigation,
and the LAPD is cooperating 100%."
' Court documents, however, show that LAPD_robbery-homicide detectives are focusing on a possible Texas
' connection to the Wallace slaying unrelated to the Poole theory. _
Police have intenriewed the owner of a blue 1996 Bentley that they suspect played a role in the shooting. Since
September, police have traveled several times to Houston to interview witnesses and pursue leads about
potential new suspects - including a Houston rap entrepreneur and his friend who were allegedly near the crime
scene on the night of the shooting, records show.
So far, Police have produced no evidence tying the Bentley or either man to the killing, sources said.
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Caption: PHOTO: RAP MOGUL: Marion "Suge" Knight is serving time for a probation violation;
PHOTOGRAPHER: Los Angeles Times; PHOTO: TARGET: Rap star Notorious B.l.G. was gunned down March
9, 1997, after a music industry party in Los Angeles; PHOTOGRAPHER: Los Angeles Times
Credit: Times Staff Writer
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Witness in B.l.G. Case Says His Memory's Bad
o The admission comes as trial is set to begin in suit led by family of slain
rap star against the city.
On the eve of testifying about the murder of Notorious B.l.G., a prime
witness for the ' I hag, revealed that he suffers from severe
memory lapses I
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eyewitness testimony tying corrupt police officers to alleged conspirators
behind the 1997 slaying, spoke out Friday after learning that an arrest
warrant had been issued to force him to testify in the family's wrongful-
death lawsuit against the
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Christopher Wallace, was gunned down March 9, 1997, after a music
industry party outside the Peterson Automotive Museum in the Mid-
Wilshire district. The case has spawned several investigations, and a
cottage industry of books, documentaries and magazine articles exploring
possible conspiracy theories involving Wallace and Tupac Shakur, the
other leading rap artist of his generation, who was shot to death in Las
Vegas the year before. No one has been charged in either slaying. b6
Early on, Los Angeles Police Department detectives speculated that the WC
killings stemmed from a turf war between East Coast and West Coast
rappers. Before their deaths, Shakur and Wallace had been feuding, and a
rivalry between their record labeisl |L0s Angeles-
based Death Row and New York-based Bad Boy Entertainment, had
escalated into a series of assaults _and shootings.
and other relatives sued the cit three yearsago, aegin that an ex-APD office onspired
|to kill |The suit sa s i Y|ambushed Wallace as his
motorcade waited at a stoplight.|
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However, the FBI, citing lack of evidence, closed an investigation into thistheory in January. On June 13, the family droppedl
as defendants in the suit.
The next day, the rapper's relatives persuaded U.S. Dis '
Florence-Marie Cooper to issue the arrest warrant after to
answer a subpoena to testify in the trial.
statements Friday cast further doubt on the theory at the center of
the lawsuit: that corrupt police officers orchestrated the slaying of the 24-
year-old rapper, and that top |_APD ofcials covered up their actions.
in a declaration led June 6, 2004,| I
| |had "personal knowledge" regarding Wallace's
slaying, alleging i'haF"persons within Death Row Records offered $25,000
to a law enforcement officer" to kill the rapper.
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observe at the 1995 Black Image Awards, a 1996 boxing match in
Las Vegas and "numerous Death Row functions" that were reserved for
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On Fridayl Ithei Ilegal team had "altered" his
statements before placing them in the declaration.
"My statements were taken out of contex Some thin s in
there I never even said. They added them in. As far a
' w parties, I never said that.
I lhe takes "ful| blame" for signing a false declaration.
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said it was imperative that it be signed. The fact IS, s imme rough the
papers, but I didn't really read it. ljust signed it." . b6
Attorneys for th state suggested thai:'vas afraid to b'7c
testify.
lhave recently expres r and
reluctance to voluntaril artlci ate," said attorne An Y P P
earlier motion that we led on his behalf to preserve his testimony because
he was afraid was fought by the city, and the court denied it being taken.
Now here we are on the eve of trial and it's no wonder he attempts to
distance himseif from statements he made long before a lawsuit was ever
led."
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