Written by former LAPD Detective Russell Poole and Michael
Douglas Carlin
THE CRIME:
On September 7th, 1996 Suge Knight was driving a
BMW in Las Vegas with Tupac Shakur in the passenger seat. A White Cadillac
pulled alongside the car and 13 bullets were fired all over the car. Tupac
Shakur was struck multiple times and a bullet lodged in his lung. Tupac Shakur
died on September 13, 1996 from wounds sustained from the crime according to the autopsy.
JURISDICTION:
The shooting occurred in Las Vegas.
If there was a conspiracy to kill Tupac then the
jurisdiction is where the conspiracy began.
Death Row Records was headquartered in Los Angeles,
County so if the conspiracy occurred in LA County then Los Angeles Police,
Sheriffs, and the DA’s office have clear jurisdiction.
EVIDENCE OF CONSPIRACY
Evidence examined includes: the records from the
Tupac and Biggie LAPD investigation; the Death Row Records Bankruptcy Filings;
the Christopher Wallace Estate's civil trial against the City of Los Angeles
for wrongful death; secret tape recordings made by bodyguard Frank Alexander in
the immediate aftermath of the Shakur shooting; FBI Released Files; various
other files, audio and video recordings; and a confession letter written in
1998 that was given to Fox 11 journalist Chris Blatchford.
1. Reggie Wright
disarmed all security guards on the night of the shooting. This was a break
from the normal protocol when guarding artists in Las Vegas.
2. Michael Moore
refused the order and insisted on carrying his weapon. He was removed from
guarding Tupac Shakur and was ordered to Club 662 where he was to stay close to
Reggie Wright.
3. Michael Moore spoke
of standing next to Reggie Wright in front of Club 662 at the time of the
shooting and hearing “Got ‘em” coming over the radio – see Tupac Assassination
Video.
4. "'Em"
probably refers to both Tupac Shakur and Suge Knight. With 13 shots being fired
the shooters probably really thought they “Got ’em”. The Shooting was an
immediate failure. Tupac wasn’t killed and Suge was only hit by a bullet
fragment.
5. Bodyguard Frank
Alexander was told to lie about the Orlando Anderson incident by Reggie Wright.
He told investigators that Orlando had grabbed Tupac’s chain earlier in the
evening breaking the chain. That incident morphed into the Orlando Anderson
Chain Grab Narrative at the Lakewood Mall. Frank Alexander came clean with Las
Vegas Investigators and he was told by the Los Angeles DA’s office and Death
Row Records Associates that his life was now in danger. Those conversations
were secretly recorded by Frank Alexander. (we have copies of these
recordings).
6. According to the
Biggie Smalls Civil Trial Reggie Wright is a suspect in the murder of
Christopher Wallace aka Biggie Smalls aka The Notorious BIG.
7. Reggie Wright Jr.
shows up at every one of the interviews of Death Row Records insiders by Las
Vegas Police.
8. Reggie Wright Jr.
reveals that off-duty LAPD police worked for Wrightway Security on Death Row
Records assignments.
9. David Kenner rented
home of Larry Longo through Frank Longo - Larry's son. Kenner then moves Suge
Knight into the home setting up a clear conflict of interest. Larry Longo is
fired but cleared of any wrongdoing. The maneuver was clearly orchestrated by
Kenner to get Suge’s probation violated in a way that judges abhor. This
incident sealed Suge’s fate and he was sentenced to nine years in prison.
10. Chuck Philips wrote about conflict of
interest with Larry Longo putting the final nails in Suge Knights probation
violation.
11. It is clear in the aftermath of the Tupac
and Suge Shooting on September 7, 1996 that Suge Knight no longer trusted
Reggie Wright to handle his security. He uses his homeboys instead – a fact
that Reggie Wright conveys through Kevin Lewis to LAPD Senior Lead Ken Knox.
Using convicted felons as security was a violation of Suge’s probation. Reggie
Wright also tells Knox directly that Suge has been traveling out of the country
– another probation violation. Reggie is trying desperately to get Suge’s
probation revoked.
12. David Kenner bungled Suge's probation
hearing sealing Suge's fate in being incarcerated. When they couldn't kill Suge
they conspired to send him away.
13. Christopher Wallace aka Biggie Smalls is
murdered on a Los Angeles street. The murder is committed to further galvanize the
East Coast/West Coast feud and throw investigators off of the trail of actual
murderers in Tupac Shakur's murder. The murder may have also been used by
Wright to get back into Suge’s good graces.
14. Experience modification from Tupac's
murder to Biggie's murder. Gang kids used for Tupac's murder with regular ammo
and a wide pattern of bullets. Biggie's murder used a professional assassin
with armor piercing ammunition and a tight pattern with almost same drive by
tactics.
15. Detective Russell Poole met with
resistance inside of LAPD to fully investigate the murder of Christopher
Wallace, and to fully investigate corruption of Officer Kevin Gaines by
department leadership. He later is pulled off of the cases and reassigned and
eventually pushed out of the department. His reports on the incidents are
gutted and much of the information disappears along with Frank Lygga's
personnel package.
16. Reggie Wright Jr. was second in command at
Death Row Records and ended up running record label after Suge was incarcerated
by maneuvering himself into that position. The chaos at Death Row Records that
began October 22nd when Suge is arrested and put in jail, ends when Wright is
put in charge.
17. Ken Knox, Senior Lead, details in a police
report that New Jersey Crips and Los Angeles Bloods are together in Death Row's
CAN-AM Studios together a few weeks before Yak Fula is assassinated in New
Jersey. David Kenner is contacted by Las Vegas Police to arrange the interview
of Yak Fula. Kenner never arranges the interview and Fula is killed before Las
Vegas Investigators can find him on their own.
18. Murders in immediate aftermath of Tupac
Shakur's murder were those affiliated, witnesses, or with knowledge of the
murder. Murder's before Suge was released from prison were those who were
Suge's inner circle to weaken Suge from putting together muscle to retaliate
upon his release.
19. According to Kevin Hackie the gun used to
kill Tupac Shakur was a Glock .40 that was confiscated by an off-duty Santa
Monica Police Officer during a routine search at the House of Blues of Hussein
Fatal, one of Tupac's Outlawz. The gun was ballistics tested by the FBI before
being released to Kevin Hackie who subsequently gave the gun to Reggie Wright
Jr. According to Hackie the ballistics from the murder were matched with the
gun used in the Tupac murder. Timeline on the gun looks like this: July 4th,
1996 at the House of Blues Hussein Fatal is detained for possession of a
firearm when he attempts to enter the venue with the gun. Late July Reggie Wright
contacts Kevin Hackie and asks him to keep tabs on the weapon. The weapon is
ballistics tested and run through the crime database. No match for a crime is
found at that time. Sometime in August Santa Monica Police contact Kevin Hackie
and tell him the gun is cleared for pickup. He retrieves the gun and takes it
to his handlers at the FBI and ATF. They clear him to release the gun to Reggie
Wright Jr. He gives the gun to Wright. On September 7, 1996 the gun is used to
kill Rapper Tupac Shakur. When Las Vegas Police book shell casings and bullets
into evidence they are sent off to the FBI where they are ballistics tested.
They are run through the federal database where they match the gun confiscated
by the House of Blues. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMv36k2RoVU
20. The Dannemora Contract was signed by Suge
Knight on September 15th and by Tupac Shakur on September
16th meaning that this contract was written the day before Suge and Kenner
visited Tupac Shakur. They intended for this contract to be vague so they could
steal Tupac's money. Evidence of that theft surfaced after Tupac's death. The
theft would become a problem for David Kenner as this contract was a clear
conflict of interest for Kenner that could have led to his disbarment.
21. David Kenner was terminated by Tupac
Shakur days before Tupac's Murder.
22. Tupac made it clear in New York, four days
before his murder, that he was leaving Death Row Records.
23. Evidence of theft of Tupac's money emerges
months after Tupac's murder as Tupac's mother, Afeni Shakur, begins digging
into Tupac's business affairs.
24. Michael Harris was beginning to send thugs
to visit Suge requesting repayment of original investment and profits from the
record label. Suge's inner circle was turning them away.
25. Waymond Anderson says that Michael and
Lydia Harris were part of a plot to overthrow Death Row Records at the time
that Tupac Shakur was killed.
26. Sharitha would have inherited Suge
Knight's shares in Death Row Records. At the time Death Row Records was worth
as much as $500 Million.
27. FBI, ATF, and LAPD were all investigating
Death Row Records at the time of Tupac Murder and the attempt on Suge Knight.
Those investigations would have probably stopped if Suge Knight was killed
leaving Sharitha and Reggie to run the record label without interference.
28. Sharitha Knight was dating Officer Kevin
Gaines at the time of Tupac's murder. Snoop was on trial for murder that same
year. Snoop was acquitted when evidence disappeared from an evidence locker at
LAPD that Gaines had access to. Gaines was gunned down by officer Frank Lygga
who later said the murder was a sanctioned hit ordered by LAPD brass
specifically Police Chief Bernard Parks. Lygga recanted this statement.
29. Sharitha Knight was Snoop Dogg's manager
at time of Murder. Snoop began the narrative that Suge was responsible for
Tupac’s murder. Snoop told Sheriff's that Suge Knight was responsible for
Tupac's murder to throw investigators off of trail. This incident happened at
the Universal Amphitheater on May 14th, 1998.
The report is available on line.
30. Snoop had an altercation with Suge and
Snoop just four days before the 1996 shooting. He rode back on the plane and
constantly asked Tupac if he was going to Las Vegas. http://uproxx.com/smokingsection/2013/05/snoop-dogg-talks-tupac-beef/
31. Frank Alexander secret recordings of his
telephone calls with Death Row Insiders and reporter Chuck Philips give insight
into interworking of Death Row Records and their ties to Philips in creating
false stories that are planted in the LA Times. Chuck Philips is dismissed when
he is caught fabricating a story about the murder of Tupac Shakur thus
solidifying the planting of stories to throw investigators and public opinion
off of the trail of the real killers of Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls.
32. Reggie Wright Jr. has ties through his
father to Compton Police who attempted to steer the investigation toward a
conclusion that Orlando Anderson was the shooter in the murder of Tupac Shakur.
Orlando Anderson has an airtight alibi as Las Vegas has cameras everywhere.
Cory Edwards tells of seeing Orlando Anderson at the bar about the time of the
shooting. Las Vegas Police are handed Orlando Anderson by Compton Police during
a raid. They are expected by Compton Police to arrest him as he is being handed
up on a silver platter as the shooter. Las Vegas Police are not even interested
in him because they already know about his airtight alibi. Compton Police also
steered the investigation in the El Rey Theater murder of Kelly Jamerson and
stopped LAPD investigators from issuing indictments.
33. Confession Letter to the murder of Tupac
Shakur and attempt to murder Suge Knight is written in 1998 as dictated by
Malcolm Patton (one of the shooters) and given to Fox 11 journalist Chris
Blatchford. Chris Blatchford also talks to Malcolm Patton about the murder and
provides a written statement on his conversations. That letter details
that the conspiracy to commit murder began in Balboa Park clearly giving Los
Angeles jurisdiction over this case.
34. On June 24, 2014 Russell Poole and RJ Bond
met with four representatives from LAPD and provided them with a copy of the
confession letter. They place special marking on the letter and receive
assurances that the information will be investigated. Instead it is leaked. Six
days after the letter appears on the Internet Suge Knight is shot in a West
Hollywood Nightclub by assailants that yell, “You killed Tupac” as they fire
shots at Knight.
35. The attempt to derail the Confession
Letter is traced back to Reggie Wright Jr. Daryn Dupree (one of the cops that
Russell and RJ gave the confession letter to) was Greg Kading's partner who is
a close friend and apologist of Reggie Wright Jr. implicated in the letter as
responsible for the murder of Tupac Shakur and the attempt on Suge Knight on
September 7, 1996. Greg Kading was first person to talk about letter on Internet
after it was given to LAPD. The confession letter, given to LAPD, had special
markings that appeared on the Internet with those markings. The LAPD leak is
clearly documented and is the subject of an Internal Affairs investigation CF
NO. 14-001995. Keep in mind that Daryn Dupree illegally accessed LAPD
computers and cloned cell phones and was reprimanded by LAPD and Greg Kading
was responsible for overturning the George Torres-Ramos case by what the judge
said was his "reckless disregard for the truth."
36. Confession Letter points to Reggie Wright
Junior's Coup ‘d’état at Death Row Records and heist of Tupac Shakur's music.
37. Confession Letter points to Sharitha
Knight complicit in plot.
38. David Kenner is also implicated by
Confession Letter. Robert Soria says Kenner was at the meeting with gangs.
39. The book "Murder Rap" is
released that pins the murders of Tupac Shakur and Christopher Wallace on the
dead guys. The book is written by Greg Kading who is close to Reggie Wright Jr.
- a suspect in the Biggie Smalls Killing and is now a suspect in the Tupac
Shakur Killing. Greg Kading admits in the book that he had no access to the
Christopher Wallace Civil Trial documents which excludes the most significant
portion of the case. The book follows the same story line as the previously
planted stories by LA Times journalist Chuck Philips. Greg Kading is also the
former lead detective on the Christpher Wallace homicide and previous partner
of Daryn Dupree. Dupree is the cop that leaked the confession letter to Kading.
Kading had an additional motive to derail the confession letter -- his book and
movie deal that would prove worthless if the case is solved in an alternate
way. Kading contacts journalist Chris Blatchford and further attempts to derail
the letter with Chris. His emails are very similar to the Chuck Philips secret
tape recording made by Frank Alexander where instead of asking questions they
attempt to sell a conclusion.
40. Mario Hammonds, Kevin Hackie, Psycho Mike,
Kenny Boagni are all discredited without specific evidence even though many of
their testimony is considered credible in other investigations including
clearing LAPD officers in board of rights hearings for wrongdoing. They all
provide specific evidence of LAPD Police involvement in murder of Christopher
Wallace organized by Reggie Wright Jr.
41. First Civil trial in Estate of Christopher
Wallace is declared a mistrial when evidence is suppressed by City of Los
Angeles and LAPD specifically in wrongful death of Wallace. Evidence pointed to
involvement of off duty police and Reggie Wright Jr. in murder of Christopher
Wallace.
42. Second Civil trial in Estate of
Christopher Wallace is dismissed with promise by City of Los Angeles and LAPD
that they would redouble investigation. They tell lead investigator to shut
down the case 24 hours after the settlement.
43. Confession letter indicates that Reggie
Wright Jr. selected Lil' Half Dead to murder Tupac Shakur because of a previous
interaction between Lil' Half Dead and Tupac where Tupac stole a song from him.
Sampling and theft appear to have been a common practice in the early roots of
Rap music.
44. Since the first draft of the book two
witnesses have come forward. One of them states that she saw and talked to
Rafael Perez on the night before the murder of Christopher Wallace and the
night of the murder. She was afraid to come forward earlier because she was in
fear of her life. We have also had a rapper tweet to us that he knows that
Snoop had prior knowledge of the murder of Tupac Shakur before that murder
happened.
45. According to the confession letter the
conspiracy began in Los Angeles. One incident was documented as a gang summit
in Balboa Park where Reggie Wright Jr. asked the gangs for permission to kill
both Tupac Shakur and Suge Knight. Chris Blatchford tells that those behind
this plot included David Kenner, Reggie Wright Jr., and Sharitha Knight. At
that summit it was decided that Donald Smith aka Lil Half Dead, Malcolm Patton
and Danny Patton aka Whiteboy would be the shooters.
MOTIVE:
Theft of Tupac's money and music as well as the
control of Death Row Records was the major motive. Both Tupac Shakur and Suge
Knight were in the crosshairs that night. Keep in mind that Death Row Records
was worth over 500 million dollars at the time and Tupac had unreleased but
completed songs in the vault that were worth an additional couple of hundred
million dollars. Donald Smith aka Lil' Half Dead had the additional motive of
the theft of his music by Tupac Shakur and had recently had his contract sold
to Priority Records by Suge Knight. Danny Patton was paid $100,000 for the
murder.
SUSPECTS:
Donald Smith aka Lil' Half Dead was
the alleged triggerman on September 7th, 1996 responsible for killing Tupac
Shakur. Smith is the cousin of Calvin Broadus aka Snoop Dogg. Smith was
represented by Suge Knight and Death Row Records and his contract was sold off
to Priority Records. He had given a demo tape to Tupac and two of his songs
were stolen by Tupac according to the confession letter. Theft in the Hip-Hop
world was a common practice at that time. Smith is affiliated with the Long
Beach Crips. Snoop Dogg, Donald Smith's cousin, tells Sheriff's deputies on May
14, 1998 that Suge Knight was behind the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur. Was
this to throw law enforcement off the trail of his cousin?
Malcolm Patton was the shooter that
was supposed to take out Suge Knight. He shot twice and missed his target. He
spoke to Chris Blatchford over the telephone and offered to provide him with
details about guns, shooters, clothes, cars, and routes.
Danny Patton aka Whiteboy was allegedly
paid $100,000 for the hit in the form of a cashier's check. Danny's gun jammed.
Danny Patton is a Leuder's Park Piru Blood.
Reggie Wright Jr. allegedly attended
the gang summit and paid the $100,000 bounty to Danny Patton. Reggie was
responsible for disarming all of Tupac's bodyguards that night. He also
attended every single meeting between witnesses and the Las Vegas Police.
Reggie Wright Jr. worked previously for the Compton Jail and then the Compton
Police. His father, Reggie Wright Sr. was in charge of the gang unit inside of
Compton Police and was absorbed by the Sheriff's Department when it was learned
that corruption existed within Compton PD. LAPD's Detective Fred Miller stated
that Reggie Wright Jr. was known to control the drug trade in Compton. Reggie
was also known to rob drug dealers of their drugs and money instead of busting
them. He left the Compton Police on a worker's comp claim. Kevin Hackie claims
he handed the weapon used in the Tupac killing to Reggie Wright two weeks
before the killing. Hackie claims that the weapon had been ballistics tested a
month before the killing and that ballistics test matched the ballistics of the
Tupac Shakur murder. Reggie was at Club 662 at the time of the shooting.
Michael Moore, a Tupac bodyguard, was next to Reggie Wright when the shooting
happened and heard "Got 'em" coming over Reggie Wright's radio. He
then heard someone he describes as "white" say, "don't say
nothin' over the radio." "Got 'em" probably referred to Suge
Knight and Tupac Shakur at the time of the shooting because with 13 bullets
launched they really thought they "Got 'em." We have a tape of one of
the security guards that worked for Reggie Wright Jr. stating that he had
turned to the dark side and had the red carpet installed in his office
indicating that he had accepted membership into the Bloods gang. The confession
letter places Reggie Wright at the gang summit asking directly for permission
to kill both Tupac Shakur and Suge Knight. The confession letter was given to
LAPD and instead of being investigated it was leaked by a cop with direct ties
back to Reggie Wright Jr.
Sharitha Knight was estranged from
Suge Knight and was dating LAPD Officer Kevin Gaines at the time of Tupac's
death. Kevin Gaines was killed by Officer Frank Lygga on March 18th 1997.
Sharitha was the manager of Snoop Dogg. Snoop Dogg's trial for murder centered
around evidence that disappeared from the LAPD evidence locker at the precinct that
Kevin Gaines had access to. Sharitha would have inherited the shares of Death
Row Records if Suge Knight had been killed on September 7th, 1996. One of our
rapper followers reached out a month ago via Twitter and said that Snoop was
warned by Sharitha not to come to Las Vegas that night. Snoop also asked Tupac
over and over on September 4th, 1996 if he was attending the event in Las
Vegas. Chris Blatchford says the shooters said Sharitha was behind the murder
of Tupac Shakur and attempt on Suge Knight's life on September 7th 1996. While
being managed by Sharitha Knight, Snoop tells Sheriff's deputies on May 1, 1998
that Suge Knight was behind the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur.
David Kenner was the attorney of record
for Death Row Records, Suge Knight's attorney, Tupac's Attorney until he was
fired August 27th, 1996 just days prior to Tupac being shot. Kenner was also
Snoop Dogg's attorney who pulled a miracle defense when the evidence
disappeared from the LAPD evidence locker. If Kenner was involved in the murder
of Tupac and attempted murder of Suge Knight on September 7th, 1996 he would be
representing Suge Knight currently with a severe conflict of interest. It could
be that he is now reunited with Suge Knight to protect his own interests by
steering any investigation into the murder of Tupac and attempted murder on
Suge Knight. Kenner was the person that rented the home from Frank Longo that
was owned by Larry Longo from the D.A.'s office. Kenner moved Suge into that
house and caused a dime to be dropped on Suge. That conflict of interest was
reported in the Los Angeles Times causing embarrassment to the D.A.'s office.
David Kenner's representation of Tupac Shakur was a direct conflict of interest
to his representation of Suge Knight and Death Row Records. Kenner could have
faced disbarment for this conflict of interest if Tupac Shakur had lived.
