WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Death Row Records founder Marion "Suge" Knight was arrested on suspicion of murder early Friday, hours after the rap music figure turned himself in to authorities in a hit-and-run wreck that killed a man and injured another near Los Angeles.
After being questioned by homicide detectives, Knight was taken into custody about 5 a.m,, said Deputy Trina Schrader of the Los Angeles County sheriff's office. He was held in lieu of $2 million bond and could face a murder charge, she said.
Knight arrived voluntarily at a sheriff's station early Friday, Schrader said. Video provided by ONSCENE.TV showed Knight getting out of a private car and then walking into the station with companions and others who appeared to be law officers.
Knight's attorney, James Blatt, said the former rap mogul accidentally ran over and killed a friend and injured another man as he fled attackers Thursday in the Los Angeles-area city of Compton.