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FD-360 (Rev, 5-86-81} (Mount Clipping in Space Below} a Continued teom Bl: : + « Renee L. Campbell, who. feng sents -Anderson,,. acknowledged : that her client was: told Jast fall — .that he was a suspect.in Shakur'’s } killing, but denied ‘that -he -had " ‘anything todo with the shéoting, . ° “Tt is-clear that if-there is any: victim, ‘my client - is‘ the victim,” . Campbell said." rr ra - Knight ‘was ‘sent :to prison in. February: for a probation. violation © ‘ stemming from. his role, in’ the assault on Anderson, which, was captured “on a hotel -surveillance videotape. At a hearing last fall, Anderson testified that. Knight did Not participate in the beating bit tried to help stap'the attack. When asked whether Anderson, : who is listed ‘in police , files as a "Member of the Southside Crips gang: . in Compton, had perjured himself on . the-stand in November, Campbell. said her client “testified the way he . did out of fear for his safety.” On the evening ¢ of f Sept: 4 1998, my, “Sian and Knight had gone ‘tothe: Mike Tyson- -Bruce Seldon heavy- . -,, weight, figtit:at,the MGM. On the | Way out, Shbakur,: Knight and sev- . (Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.) ‘ erat Death: Row employees kicked, ‘ 750 -BMW at a:red ‘light’ when , gunfire erupted from a white late- " model. -Cadillac=-¢arrying ‘four “™men-—that had ‘pulled: up in the: ‘next ‘lane. SKakur died six, days - “later in a Las Vegas hospital. . - Before Shakir died, detectivés in _Las Vegas and Compton were’ in- undated with 4 flurry of tips from informants contending that Ander- son—a Lakewood resident who goes by such gang monikers as “Lando” and “Lane”—was respon- sible’ for ‘the rapper’s shooting, according to.a Compton police _ pinched ‘and struck Anderson _in : the lobby, the lawsuit states. ~* “About three haurs later; Shakur - * ‘and Knight were sitting in Knight's - t affidavit prepared Sept. 25 to ob-_ _ tain search warrants for a pending gang raid.” According to the affidavit, the . ruckus‘in the MGM lobby was ‘the « result ‘of gang rivalry between Date: Edition: * Death Row: affiliated mmetabers ‘of ‘the Mob .Piru Bloods and the Southside ‘Crips, of which’ Ander- ‘son and several ‘of: his relatives are ‘allegedly'membera, Anderson was ‘attacked, ‘the “affiddvit | said. be-, ” cause he ‘had allegedly stolen a | ‘gold chdin from one of the Death . Row employees " ‘during a ‘gang - scuffle-a “thonth earlier’ at a Lake- woodmall. 7 2" According ‘te’ the affidavit, An- derson was seen several days after. : the shooting with a-Glock .40-,cali- ‘ber handgun-—the game “kind of - ‘Weapon used in the: homicide—and “his cousin was seen driving a white late-model Cadillac-into an auto shop in Compton. That same week, | Las Vegas detectives: examined a “pox of .40-caliber rounds confis- ‘cated by Compton police from a residence where Anderson’ 8 cousin was living. They also confiscated weapons fram a Compton residence of Anderson’s uncle, Dwayne Keith “Keefee D’ Davis, who sources said is listed in police files as a . member of the Southside Crips. During an Oct.:2 gang raid eee emote ta aman a “T gy ro red by shootings after Shak-. leath, Anderson ‘was: taken custody on an outstanding nt stemming from a slaying npton unrelated to. Shakur's ‘A Las Vegas detective who ipated in the raid told Arider- hat he was a’ suspect in ir’s shooting, according to. son's former attorney, , Edi, ‘Mal lerson'.was released ‘Oct. 4 Los ‘Angeles prosecutors de- to file charges against him 2 Compton slaying: In Febru- : as ‘Vegas police told: The - 3-that Anderson. ‘was’: still ng. But. the investigation re- stalled. @ allegations against my eli 1 the ‘affidavit are totally aded;’ ” Campbell said. - cé gay'they had no subsequent * ¢ with Anderson: But: ‘the . of his uncle, Davis, regurfaced ** d ‘months later during.‘the igation of the killing of Shak- usical rival, Christopher Wal. *. ,New York rap star known as - ‘out - Notorious ‘BLG. who ‘was gunned ; down March 9 outside of the Peter- ‘sen Automotive Museum in the “Mid-Wilshire district. In May,.Los Angeles: investiga- “tors Seized Davis’ Chevy Impala from’ his girlfriend's house in - Compton. The two-door sedan matched the description of the car. . used in Wallace's shooting. coe Police ' have not returned the vehicle. Sources say investigators interviewed Davis in June but told him that he is not- a. Suspect in _ Wallace’s murder. No arrests have ” "been made in the. case: “ Jnivestigators have been focusing | lered ‘a-suspect"in Shakur’s' on-the idea that ‘Watlace’s shooting ‘ stenimed ‘from.a personal dispute . with a‘Comptorn gang member— possibly | the result of an unpaid “security : ‘bill, sources: said:, Police - * _sourcesssaid ‘that Wallace. and his,’ - -record..company ‘chairman, Sean , puffy” Combs, often: eniployed “members of the Southside Crips as ‘security —an allegation Combs _ adamantly denies, ‘During an interview “in June a 4 TD | tors that he met Wallace neatly ° " two ‘years before, the rapper was”. slain, sources said. The two were - introduced by a mutual friend after “aconcert in Anaheim: © n The friend, a ‘drug dealer. from Harlem, brought Davis to Wallace’s ‘hotel after the show and told the rapper oa he could provide protec- tion jn Los Angeles for’ Wallace's entourage. should te ever need it, sources said. Wallace‘turned down °- the offer, explaining that his recard ; company had already. hired body guards, sources said, ° Davis: told police. that he also’ attended the March musie industry “ : party.at the Petersen Museum and spoké’ with ‘Wallace’ and several members of his entourage less than _ an hour before the ‘Tapper was shot, - sources said. “<4 S09 «Davis could snot ‘be. reached for .. : commeiit, ' “Atioriey Faal ‘dented the.suggestion that Davis had a thing to do with Wallace’s muir¢ | Law enforcement‘ sources say a , ‘ ‘vestigators have not uncovered _ "evidence thatiWallace’s murder - With, police, ‘Davis, told. investiga. ve ; connected, to the Shakur slaying: FeI/DOS teen ote