Suge Knight Charged With Murder

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Rap mogul Marion "Suge" Knight was arrested on a murder charge early Friday morning in a fatal hit-and-run in Los Angeles.

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"We are confident that once the investigation is completed, he will be totally exonerated," Blatt told the Associated Press by phone late Thursday.

But police tell a different story.

A rep for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department told FOX411 that Knight got into an argument on a film set, reportedly while working on the upcoming film "Straight Outta Compton," a biopic about the rap group NWA. Police say he then with went to a nearby restaurant about 20 minutes later where the hit-and-run later occurred.

Capt. John Corina told reporters Knight followed the men to the restaurant in a red truck and ran them over in the parking lot shortly before 3 p.m. local time in Compton, Calif., on Thursday. Witnesses told The Los Angeles Times the truck hit the men, then backed over them before fleeing the scene. The incident is being investigated as a homicide.

"The people we talked to say it looked like it was an intentional act," Corina told reporters.

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The empty truck was found late Thursday night in a West Los Angeles parking lot, Corina said.

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