Russ loved to joke and always had something funny to say. actually murdered Biggie?The defense is going to try and turn the thing back around. dug up a lead and raided Macks house party. But when I asked him he completely recanted and said, I didnt mean to say that was the guy. Im sure theyre not happy with it but thats the extent of it. LAPD detective pushed theory that Suge Knight orchestrated deaths of both Christopher Wallace and Tupac Shakur, Russell Poole, the former LAPD detective who was the main investigator in Notorious B.I.G's murder, passed away, Russell Poole, Notorious B.I.G. For all intents and purposes, its a stale investigation, that will never be closedever.. A resident of Rupert Idaho. We want to hear it. To send flowers The only thing that Russell Poole has to hold onto is simply four letters: A-M-I-R. Thats it. All of these supporting identifiers disqualify him as a possible suspect. Biggie felt horrible that Tupac had gotten robbed and that Tupac believed that he had been behind it. And a cop isnt anything but a man. He often quipped that the Bobcats were better than the Spartans even though his kidswould prove him wrong. The failure to cooperate by the witnesses and the people that were around these camps, law enforcements inability to penetrate that barriertheres so many unfortunate factors. Family and friends are coming together online to create a special keepsake. Powered by. She knows that her kids, the community at large, and everybody in the hip-hop community knows that she and Sugeconspired to kill Biggie. They would be very problematic prosecutions because of all of the convoluted peripheral issues that were raised during the investigation. On the night of Wallaces Murder, an eyewitness saw David Mack dressed as security at Soul Train Awards AfterParty event. There was a misreport of a black Impala that was outside the Peterson, that the suspect had apparently driven. The D.A. Poochie lay in wait outside the Petersen Automotive Museum. If this was Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra who got murdered, there wouldve been arrests a long time ago, Poole says. Poole also investigated the killing of LAPD Officer Kevin Gaines by LAPD Officer Frank Lyga on March 18, 1997. Russell Poole, the former LAPD detective best known for his involvement in rapper Biggie Small's murder case, died suddenly Wednesday from a possible heart attack. The D.A.s not going to file charges. [3][4] Poole had sources that confirmed Mack was raised in the same Compton neighborhood, and was in the same gang as Knight (the Bloods). Russell Poole is no longer around to give his impressions of the series - or the cases. His death news was announced by his colleague Geoff Hutchison, and his colleagues had been told two hours before the news was announced on air. Among those rogue cops, he designated David . After graduating Russ worked at Gordon Paving and then spent 27 years in the same office through 3 different companies; Ore-Ida trucking, Jack B Parsons, and AgExpress Inc. Russ grew up in the mini-cassia area of southern Idaho with his two younger brothers. He played many pranks on hiscousins and friends and was always in for a good laugh. Around the same time, the Wallace familys lawsuit was dismissed. Legacy's online obit database has obituaries, death notices, and funeral services for 32 people named Russell Poole from thousands of the largest funeral homes and newspapers in the world. He was supposedly killed as a result of in-fighting between the Mob PirusSuges Blood associatesand another Blood gang known as the Fruit Town Pirus. All of the different factors that prevented this from getting solved should have never happened. Music lover. Ms. Wallace cant sue the L.A.P.D. It was Det. Chuck Phillips knew they couldnt really publish the story with the facts of that clue. Theres these very circumstantial indicators that maybe this rogue cop was involved [in Biggies murder]. That explains why the next day this huge war broke out in Compton between Suge Knights gang entourage and Keefe Ds gang entourage. Neither were charged with anything related to the murder of Biggie Smalls. The detective with the LAPD died suddenly of a heart attack in 2015. If you knew Russ you knew that laughand that rosy cheeked smile. At the time, he was a 36-year old member of the Mob, It comes down to how you define solved. However, Amir was never arrested, and LAPD shunned D-Macks involvement with Dead Row. This is extremely important because it was misreported intentionally. Thats the only thing that has ever been even circumstantially compelling. There was no law enforcement present at the time of the murder. Poochiewas the triggerman who killed Biggie fifteen years ago today. His creativity was cashed in on by L.A.-based rap label Death Row Records, owned by the infamous Suge Knight. And there was nothing. Unfortunately, the cases are so complicated and convoluted. Russell Wayne Poole (November 29, 1956 - August 19, 2015) was a Los Angeles Police Department detective who investigated the murder of the Notorious B.I.G., a rapper also known as Biggie Smalls. Poole was told not to look further. Russ never strayed from lending a hand, often helping family,friends, and even strangers with any chore imaginable. Like I said, I read that clue that he relied on. According to Rolling Stone, he. Weve had heart-to-hearts about that so-called identification of the shooter. Biggies drive-by shooting occurred just six months after his friend turned foe, 25-year-old Tupac Shakur, suffered a similar fate after a boxing match in Las Vegas. Some girls from Houston shot the video. Aint this some st?, Poole had urged the LAPD to reopen the case before he died. That circumstantial connection, put this investigator down a rabbit hole. Brother, Scott Poole and his wife Kara Poole and nieceAshley Poole of Carmichael, California. Complex Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. You never see the actual suspect in the car, but theres a video. was shot to death while . According to The Guardian, Kading's 2011 book on the Notorious B.I.G. They just want to propose their theories because it brings in money.. Poole found three prominent shreds of evidence at his house, GECOs 9mm bullets (shots fired at Wallace), spare walkie-talkie (that helped to coordinate Wallaces murder), and Chevy Impala S.S. in the garage. We can bring in all this circumstantial stuff and we can bring in the history between these crews, but ultimately, a good defense attorneys going to say, Hey isnt this all just an elaborate cover-up, because the L.A.P.D. Now, when you watch the video, and you dissect that video, and you slow it down and take it frame-by-frame, what you actually see is that, as cars are passing by and illuminating the side of that Impala thats parked out front, its a green Impala.. There has never, ever been one single viable connection with David Mack and Death Row whatsoever. Since Poole wasn't able to provide his input to the series, it's unclear how accurate its portrayal of the detective and his work is. TMZ has learned.. Thats the famous video that basically shows the suspect lying in wait and shows the shooting. The Notorious B.I.G., was shot to death while sitting in a Chevy Suburban outside of a hip-hop industry party in Los Angeles. Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies at the Homicide Bureau reported that Russell Poole collapsed Wednesday morning, according to a sheriff's department official. In the current timeline, Poole teams up with journalist Darius Jackson (Forest Whitaker) to solve the murder of Notorious B.I.G. I have been working in the Indian Film Industry for the past 8 years, majorly writing dialogues for various films and television shows. He served as the primary investigator (taking a case all the way through to trial) on at least 135 homicide cases, and assisted on over 500 more. Even though the public picked up on it and [author/journalist] Randall Sullivan was running with it, with his book LAbyrinth, and Russell Poole had convinced himself that it was such, the L.A.P.D. He never quit a project before it was finished, and his attention to detail was second tonone. Thats when Kading got the assignment. We will be uploading them throughout 2022 to celebrate 10 years! So they told us, Solve this case. His conclusions are controversial to be sure, but they are so thoroughly researched that theyre hard to ignore. In everything that we saw and read in all the interviews, Biggie was an innocent bystander in this whole thing. Russell Poole who quit in 1999. . By the end of his investigation, however, no one had been charged for either murder. The name Amir Muhammad was published in the Los Angeles Times as a suspect in Biggies murder. Russ never went anywhere without ahat. 1 year ago. Born in Jerome, Idaho to Della Faye and William (Bill) Poole. After retiring in 1999, he formed a private detective agency. In real life, Sullivan interviewed retired Poole that became the source material for his controversial book. A federal judge caught LAPD hiding the evidence linking Mack and Perez to Wallaces murder and declared a mistrial. Its all BS. Both law enforcement agenciesthe Las Vegas Police Department and the L.A.P.D.have drawn the conclusions that Tupac was killed by Orlando Anderson and Biggie Smalls was killed by Wardell Poochie Fouse. But he never mentioned an, Coincidentally, theres a whole other investigation going on behind a rogue cop named David Mack who had robbed a bank. I quit [the force] over the matter. Pooles seniors compelled him to drop the Death Row Pursuit. Greg Kading is neither a journalist nor a conspiracy theorist. Over two decades later, USA's Unsolved: The Murders Of Tupac And The Notorious B.I.G. in memory of Russell Lee Poole, please visit our floral store. I've been in this game for years. They havent gone through the judicial process and nobody has been prosecuted. He finds one name: A-M-I-R, and builds a whole theory behind that, because theres a dirty-cop who has a friend named, Remember, Michael Robinson never says any cop [was involved with the murder]. Poole was playing with fire, and his investigation would have gaslighted the whole town. According to The Independent, witnesses said Poole appeared to suffer a heart attack and fell to the floor after clutching his chest. Some believed that Poole was collecting materials for a new book at the time he died, reported The Independent. They were present when there was criminal activity taking place, including a murder. COMPLEX participates in various affiliate marketing programs, which means COMPLEX gets paid commissions on purchases made through our links to retailer sites. Poole's involvement in the Rampart scandal began less than six months before Wallace's murder and a year before Rafael Prez was arrested. I guess they were moderately popular videos with this really ridiculous proposal. to the family or plant a tree There is no David Mack. David Mack never worked for [Death Row.] So we actually got fivedifferent names associated with this potential shooter. Blues | FRONTLINE", "Portland Journalist Randall Sullivan Wrote the Book on the Conspiracy to Kill Tupac and Biggie", "Johnny Depp's Notorious B.I.G. The LAPD detective who later led the investigation, Greg Kading, doesnt agree entirely with Pooes accusations. According to The Los Angeles Times, the former detective died Wednesday (August 19), while meeting with detectives at the L.A. Sheriff's Department. His investigation into the case spawned conspiracy theories. Remember, Michael Robinson never says any cop [was involved with the murder]. Poole was responsible for floating some of the most controversial and unproven theories in the Biggie Smalls death case. That was really the impetus to the whole investigation that I was involved in to begin with. Coincidentally he dies after meeting with the police about the cold case of Biggies death and strangely collapses shortly after and was unresponsive and was pronounced dead when he arrived at the hospital, he wrote. They said that it was a green Impala. The revelation gave new hope to Poole, who thought of reopening the case. The two trucks were trailed by a Chevrolet Blazer carrying Bad Boy's director of security.