Suge Knight's Murder Charges; the REAL Story
| Terry Carter (left) and Suge Knight (right) |
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| Cle "Bone" Slone |
Hours earlier, Knight and Sloan had been arguing at the set of a promo for the biopic “Straight Outta Compton,” sheriff's officials said. Deputies asked Knight to leave, but the dispute continued, said Lt. John Corina, of the sheriff's Homicide Division.
Twenty minutes later, at Tam’s Burgers at Central and East Rosecrans avenues, Sloan confronted Knight, who was seated in his Ford F-150 Raptor.
The dispute escalated into a fist fight, Corina said. Knight then reversed his truck and struck Sloan, knocking him to the ground.
Knight drove his car forward and aimed at Sloan and Carter, who was standing next to him. Carter died at the scene.
Sloan was in stable condition and was expected to survive. He was “doing fine” and recovering at a hospital, said Jermaine Shelton, his manager.
After Knight left the film set, Carter called him and asked him to a meeting at the burger joint, Blatt said. Knight was near the 105 Freeway when he turned around and headed back to the restaurant.
“Cellphone records will support this,” Blatt said.
When Knight pulled up, Carter was sitting in his own car. Four men, including Sloan, then approached Knight’s window and attacked him, according to Blatt.
The attorney said that Sloan, an actor who appeared with Denzel Washington in "Training Day," initiated the fight.
“It appears clear ... Mr. Knight was physically assaulted while he was going to the location. His window was open and these four individuals grabbed him and beat him,” Blatt said.
As to why the men would attack Knight, Blatt said: "It's just too complicated to get into."
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputies arrested Knight, 49, early Friday on suspicion of murder. Authorities cited accounts from witnesses who said the driver hit the men with the truck, then backed over them before driving from the scene.
But Blatt said another witness told him the group of men was beating, threatening and attempting to drag Knight from his vehicle.
“He made an effort to escape, he was in fear for his life. And that’s exactly what he did.”
Blatt said Knight was “heartbroken” when he learned Terry Carter had died. The two had known each other since the 1980s, were in business together for a time and were “good friends.”
The attorney said he expected the Sheriff’s Department to investigate whether Knight was ambushed. He maintained that Carter was trying to help Knight when he was run over.
“He was trying to break up the fight," Blatt said.
Knight’s attorney said he'd asked detectives to comb the area for security cameras that could show the confrontation in hope that it would exonerate his client.
Knight is being held in Men’s Central Jail on $2-million bail. His attorney will bail him out with his own money this Monday.
Suge Knight was charged with murder, because police investigators believe he tried to run over another man at the scene of the crime that actually killed his friend Terry Carter.
Suge allegedly tried to kill actor Cle “Bone” Sloan when he backed up his truck into a crowd. His friend Terry just happened to be in close proximity when the former Death Row mogul gunned his truck twice.
Suge was charged with felony murder even though he missed his intended target.
Suge and Cle were in a physical fight prior to the deadly encounter.
Cle is generally a well-known figure on the West Coast, as he has actively fought to end gang violence that has plagued their communities. He was also known as an extremely active Blood from back in the day. More recently, he’s morphed into an actor that has appeared in movies like “Training Day” and “Brooklyn’s Finest.” He produced a documentary called “Bastards of the Party.”
Many are confused about who Terry Carter is, and for the record, it should be known that Terry Carter is NOT the 86-year-old man who starred in the movie 'Battlestar Galactica,' but Suge's 55-year-old friend. When questioned by police, Ice Cube and Dr. Dre said they never saw Suge Knight on the set of the NWA film.
Carter was described by friends as a father figure in South Los Angeles who helped young men escape gang life. Terry Carter was the founder and owner of Heavyweight Records and was devoted to steering young men away from a life of crime, said Darcell Carraway, who described himself as a longtime friend. He said Carter -- known as "Pops" to friends -- even advised young people on how to invest money in legitimate businesses.
“As young black men, we don’t have many people that help us,” said Carraway, 38, who runs LA Firm Inc magazine. “This is a big loss.”
Los Angeles County sheriff’s officials say Carter was struck and killed by Knight’s truck Thursday afternoon outside Tam’s Burgers near Central and East Rosecrans avenues in Compton.
Carter had been at the film shoot to support his friend, rapper Ice Cube, friends said.
Ice Cube, whose real name is O’Shea Jackson, and Carter worked on a soundtrack for the film “The Players Club.”
Carraway said he has never met Knight but believes Carter’s death was an accident. He said Carter and Knight had been friends for years.
Carter, a Compton native, will always be the man who encouraged him to stay on the right path, Carraway said.
“It’s just a tragedy to lose somebody like this,” he said.
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