--- description: Incident took place on the set of 'Straight Outta Compton' title: Suge Knight Arrested on Suspicion of Murder After Fatal Hit and Run image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcffdd5823ef99623/69877cc006f2c1ddac333b34/suge-knight-2.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Suge Knight Arrested on Suspicion of Murder After Fatal Hit and Run by [Megan Gibson](/author/megan-gibson/) ## Megan Gibson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 13, 2023 6:41 PM CUTPublished: Jan 30, 2015 12:06 PM CUT  Death Row Records founder Marion "Suge" Knight walking into the Los Angeles County Sheriffs department early Friday morning Jan. 30, 2015 in connection with a hit-and-run incident that left one man dead and another injured. Death Row Records founder Marion "Suge" Knight walking into the Los Angeles County Sheriffs department early Friday morning Jan. 30, 2015 in connection with a hit-and-run incident that left one man dead and another injured.AP by [Megan Gibson](/author/megan-gibson/) ## Megan Gibson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 13, 2023 6:41 PM CUTPublished: Jan 30, 2015 12:06 PM CUT Marion “Suge” Knight has been arrested on suspicion of murder, [CBS reports](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/hip-hop-mogul-suge-knight-linked-to-fatal-hit-and-run/ "undefined"), and is being held on $2 million bail. The former hip-hop mogul had previously turned himself in to the Los Angeles Country Sheriff’s Department in West Hollywood early on Friday for questioning over a fatal hit-and-run. According to authorities, the Death Row Records co-founder is suspected of running two men over with his truck after an argument on Thursday that took place on the film set of the NWA biopic, _Straight Outta Compton_. Capt. John Corina of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department detectives unit told the LA _Times_ that the two victims were in a parking lot of a burger joint shortly after the argument, when Knight is believed to have run them over after following them in his truck. Witnesses have reported that the truck struck the men, then backed over them before driving off. One of the men was killed and the other suffered undisclosed injuries. James E. Blatt, indentified by the LA _Times_ as a staff member at the office of Knight’s attorney, told the paper that “we are confident that once the investigation is completed, he will be totally exonerated.” \[[_LA Times_](http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-0130-suge-knight-20150130-story.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3689223/suge-knight-arrested-hit-and-run/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3689223/suge-knight-arrested-hit-and-run/"},"headline":"Suge Knight Arrested on Suspicion of Murder After Fatal Hit and Run","datePublished":"2015-01-30T12:06:44.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T18:41:37.000Z","description":"Incident took place on the set of Straight Outta Compton","url":"https://time.com/3689223/suge-knight-arrested-hit-and-run/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcffdd5823ef99623/69877cc006f2c1ddac333b34/suge-knight-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan Gibson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/megan-gibson/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcffdd5823ef99623/69877cc006f2c1ddac333b34/suge-knight-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Death Row Records founder Marion \"Suge\" Knight walking into the Los Angeles County Sheriffs department early Friday morning Jan. 30, 2015 in connection with a hit-and-run incident that left one man dead and another injured.","caption":"Death Row Records founder Marion \"Suge\" Knight walking into the Los Angeles County Sheriffs department early Friday morning Jan. 30, 2015 in connection with a hit-and-run incident that left one man dead and another injured.","creditText":"AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3689223/suge-knight-arrested-hit-and-run/","name":"Suge Knight Arrested on Suspicion of Murder After Fatal Hit and Run"}}]}] ```