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   From: jb@screwed-coon.com   
      
   He's suspected of running the men over after an argument on a   
   film set.   
      
   "So far we have not confirmed it was him, driving the truck. So   
   we're not saying Suge Knight was driving the truck at this   
   time," said Lt John Corina, from Los Angeles County Sheriff's   
   Department.   
      
   "Although we want to talk to him, since the truck supposedly   
   belongs to him."   
      
   A lawyer for the Death Row Records founder seemed to confirm   
   Knight had been driving at the time but claimed it was an   
   accident and he was running away from attackers at the time.   
      
   "He was in the process of being physically assaulted by two men   
   and in an effort to escape he unfortunately hit two (other)   
   individuals,'' lawyer James Blatt said.   
      
   "He was in his car trying to escape.   
      
   "We are confident that once the investigation is completed, he   
   will be totally exonerated," Mr Blatt added.   
      
   Knight, 49, planned to turn himself in to authorities, he said.   
      
   Los Angeles County sheriff's Lt John Corina said: "From the   
   people we've talked to so far, and we still have more witnesses   
   to talk to, so far the people we've talked to say it looked like   
   it was an intentional act.   
      
   "So we're handling it as a homicide."   
      
   Police say a red pickup truck hit the men while they were in the   
   car park of a fast-food restaurant and then drove away.   
      
   A 55-year-old man died at a hospital and a 51-year-old man was   
   injured but Corina did not have any more information about his   
   condition.   
      
   The empty truck was found on Thursday night in a West Los   
   Angeles car park.   
      
   It's been claimed that Marion "Suge" Knight drove to the fast-   
   food restaurant car park after a row on the film set.   
      
   Witnesses said another argument then occurred before the   
   accident.   
      
   Mr Blatt said he had not yet spoken to Knight but that he   
   planned to negotiate to surrender. There is no word yet on when   
   that will happen.   
      
   Knight founded Death Row Records in the 1990s but later declared   
   bankruptcy and the company was auctioned off.   
      
   Last August he was shot six times at a nightclub in Los Angeles.   
   No arrests have been made.   
      
   In November, he pleaded not guilty to a robbery charge filed   
   after a celebrity photographer accused him of stealing her   
   camera in Beverly Hills.   
      
   He could face up to 30 years in prison because of prior   
   convictions.   
      
   The music boss has previously been convicted of armed robbery   
   and assault with a gun.   
      
   He has also served time for violating probation.   
      
   http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/31053050   
      
        
      
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