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Mar 27, 2019 · In 1993, Snoop Dogg, aka Calvin Broadus, aka Snoop, aka The D-O-double G was charged with first-degree murder after a member of a rival gang was shot and killed by Snoop's bodyguard, McKinley Lee, aka Malik, who fired the shot while in the then 21-year-old rapper's vehicle.
Feb 21, 1996 · Snoop Doggy Dogg, one of the nation’s preeminent rap artists, was acquitted along with his bodyguard Tuesday of first- and second-degree murder charges in the shooting death of a gang member...
Jan 24, 2022 · Snoop Dogg was involved in a deadly shooting in 1993, but was cleared of murder charges after a 24-month trial. Learn about the evidence, the witnesses, the lawyers, and the impact of the case on his career and music.
- What Went Down with Snoop Dogg and Philip Woldemariam
- Conflicting Evidence and Statements Muddy The Waters
- Snoop Dogg Was Acquitted
According to testimonies made during the trial, which started in November of 1995, the whole scenario started with gang symbols and pride. According to a Los Angeles Timesarticle from 1996, two of Philip Woldemariam’s friends say their confrontation began outside of Snoop Dogg’s apartment. Woldemariam and his friends drove by the apartment, when so...
Things quickly became complicated in the courtroom. With Snoop Dogg and McKinley Lee claiming self-defense, and Woldemariam’s side claiming murder, the situation become muddled. It didn’t help that witnesses gave conflicting information and even lied to the police at the beginning of the investigation. Specifically, Woldemariam’s friends, Dushaun J...
In February 1996, both Snoop Dogg and McKinley Lee were acquitted of first- and second-degree murder. Snoop mentioned that this was a massive relief to him, as he was concerned over being there for his son. “They made the right decision, you know what I’m saying? This has been an ordeal that has affected our lives for the past 2 1/2 years. I was ju...
- John Wolfe
- Showbiz Staff Writer, Producer-TV
Feb 22, 1996 · A jury that acquitted the rap artist Snoop Doggy Dogg and his former bodyguard of murder charges earlier this week said today that it was deadlocked on lesser charges of voluntary...
Nov 7, 1993 · Snoop was sitting in the driver’s seat of his black, 1993 Jeep on Aug. 25 when, witnesses told police, an argument broke out between his pal Shawn Abrams and Philip Woldermariam in a park in the...
Apr 5, 1994 · A judge ruled Monday that gangsta rapper Snoop Doggy Dogg and two other men must stand trial for murder in the August, 1993, death of an Ethiopian immigrant.
