D-12 Rapper Proof Shot And Killed

DETROIT - The lawyer for a man suspected of shooting the rapper Proof during a bar fight says his client should not be charged with any crimes.

Mario Etheridge, 28, has been held by police since he surrendered Wednesday afternoon.

"They shouldn't charge him. I have heard no one say that Mario did anything wrong," attorney Randall P. Upshaw said Friday.

Upshaw said he would file court papers to seek his client's release if prosecutors don't charge him Friday afternoon. Authorities said they can hold a suspect for 48 hours without filing charges, although Upshaw said that could be as long as 72 hours.

Detroit police said they were told by witnesses in the case that Etheridge shot Proof early Tuesday after Proof shot Army veteran Keith Bender, 35, inside the CCC, a nightclub in a strip of businesses along Eight Mile Road.

The thoroughfare, which divides Detroit and its northern suburbs, was made famous in the 2002 film named for the road and starring Proof's close friend, rap superstar Eminem.

Based on witness accounts, Upshaw said the person who shot Proof was acting in defense of himself and others.

He conceded that police believe Etheridge shot Proof, whose real name is Deshaun Holton. But Upshaw would not say if Etheridge, who he said is Bender's cousin, was the shooter or if he had a weapon at the time.

Assistant Prosecutor Maria Miller said the case still was under investigation, and she did not know when a decision on charges would be made.

Proof's funeral will be held on Wednesday, said Khalid el-Hakim, vice president of Iron Fist Records, Proof's record label.

Upshaw gave this account of the shooting, based on witnesses he has questioned:

Proof and Bender were playing pool, and Proof was losing. Words were exchanged, and Proof grabbed Bender by the face, shoved him and then hit him. As Bender tried to defend himself, Proof pulled a handgun and "pistol whipped" Bender, then shot him in the temple.

"As Proof stood over him with the weapon, someone came to Mr. Bender's aid and someone shot Proof," Upshaw said.

Most witnesses told investigators that a fight broke out between Bender and Proof, and that Proof struck Bender with a handgun before shooting him once in the head, said Detroit police spokesman James Tate.

Investigators believe the shootings took place around 4:30 a.m. as the club was operating after its licensed hours.

A message was left Friday for Proof's lawyer, David J. Gorosh, who previously has said that the police investigation will clear the rapper's name.

At a news conference attended by performers and employees of Iron Fist Records, el-Hakim said the rapper was not known to carry a gun or have a temper.

"He wouldn't get angry over a pool game," el-Hakim said.

Eminem issued a statement Friday saying that Proof, 32, was his best friend and helped make him a star.

"He pushed me to become who I am. Without Proof's guidance and encouragement there would have been a Marshall Mathers, but probably not an Eminem and certainly never a Slim Shady," the statement said. "Not a day will go by without his spirit and influence around us all. He will be missed as a friend, father and both the heart and ambassador of Detroit hip-hop."

"He inspired everyone around him. He can never, ever be replaced. He was, and always will be, my best friend," the statement said.

Proof was a member of the rap group D12 and was the best man in Eminem's January wedding.

нда ! поиграли в биллик !

(((((((((((((.......5 детей................((((((((
этому Марио Этриджу дали всего 9 лет и то за то что он носил скрытное оружие и за то что он использовал это оружие в занятом здании............о про убийство Пруфа........ничего.......
и ваще фигня какя то получается............со строны Пруфа ни одного свидетеля, за то со стороны этого дибила..............кто то есть..........пральна они же не будут Пруфа защищать..............

пи.си.у Пруфа была лицензия на ношение оружия.

смотрела видео с немецкого телевидиния...............показывали Эма.........весь крассный.............слез так и текут.......ааааа.........сама сидела ревела.

я где-то читала что они с эмом были лучшими друзьями...думаю можно смело ждать какой-нибудь отличный клип посвящённый его памяти от d12 и эма.

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я где-то читала что они с эмом были лучшими друзьями...

они и были самыми близкими друзьями, "названными" братьями, Пруф и вытащил Эма в люди, заставил принять участие в батле на котором его заметили люди из Юниверсал, а потом и познакомил его с продюссерами... + Пруф всегда был "правой рукой" Эма в его бизнессе..

мдя

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[quote]Оригинальное сообщение от Beam
я где-то читала что они с эмом были лучшими друзьями...

они и были самыми близкими друзьями, "названными" братьями, Пруф и вытащил Эма в люди, заставил принять участие в батле на котором его заметили люди из Юниверсал, а потом и познакомил его с продюссерами... + Пруф всегда был "правой рукой" Эма в его бизнессе.. [/quote]
я думаю что все восьмую милю смотрели...

не все

я тож не сморела

позырь обезательна! очень крутой филем!

а все хто смарел говорили шо лажа.....вот я и не сталаммда.....стадное чувство

Вии, дою голаву на отсечение - ты не пожалееш!
Лажа - только для того, кто воопще нефтыкнул в фильм!

ПС я первый раз слышу, чтобы ктонибуть сказал "лажа", для меня ето просто нонсенс.:ma3x:

нормальный фильм такой, мне в основном оттуда баттлы понравились,кстати Proof там в роли эмси сыграл,а так давно фильм видал я.

да было дело, а это чел который там баттлами рулил по фильму, друш эма, это походу и был типа Прууф, ведь фильм то автобиографичный

блин, пойду поищу 8 милю...........