Music producer Suge Knight has been injured during a shooting at an awards show party at a Los Angeles nightclub hosted by singer Chris Brown, it has been reported.
Witnesses said 25-year-old singer, who is still on parole following his recent release from jail, had been the target of shots fired at the 1oak club in West Hollywood.
Brown was thought to be unhurt, but three other victims – among them Death Row Records founder Knight, 49, were taken to the city’s Cedars Sinai hospital where one of them was said to be in a critical condition.
Tweet:
Gunshots so close we smelled gunpowder, felt the heat & my friend had blood on her face. Chris Brown VMA party. Hug your loved ones. #1OAKLA
— Ryan J. Downey (@superherohq) August 24, 2014
Jesus CHRIST RT @KClendon: Literally can’t believe what I just witnessed. Someone tried to fire shots at Chris Brown at 1oak. Speechless.
— Ferozan (@ferozan) August 24, 2014
#chrisbrown performing at #1OAK. Shots fired inside club. Police, ambulance, helicopters. This is why I never leave the South Bay.
— Jennifer Nasri (@JenNasri) August 24, 2014
Update:
TMZ report that Hip-Hop figure Suge Knight was not only at the club too, but may have been shot:
Tyson Beckford, Robert Richard and Apple de Ap all tell TMZ … there were inside the pre-VMA party hosted by Chris Brown when they heard 4 shots ring out inside the club.
Suge walked out on his own power … a cop spotted him and walked the rap mogul to the police car where Suge sat. Suge was then put in an ambulance and taken to a local hospital.
We do not know the nature of Suge’s injuries. One source who was present says Suge was one of 3 people were were shot.
One source says one person is in critical condition and others less severe.
The night started with tension. An hour-and-a-half before the shots, Game came to the club and he and his buddies got into an altercation with security guards … there was a full-on fight. Game tried to get in was denied and left, but his buddies stayed behind. We do not know if they were involved in the altercation.