Police bungle release of rapper’s autopsy report
Detectives intended to notify the rapper’s family, but the report was released prematurely “due to an administrative error,” the LAPD said this weekend.
“Our detectives personally spoke with the Wallace family, and apologised for not notifying them prior to the release,” said Captain Billy Hayes, who heads LAPD’s robbery-homicide division, which is investigating the killing .
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Hide AdThe 23-page report revealed the rapper, whose real name was Christopher Wallace, was hit by four bullets after leaving a music industry event in March 1997, but one that hit his heart, left lung and colon caused his death.
The attorney for the rapper’s family criticized police for not giving notice of the report’s release and failing to close one of Los Angeles’ highest-profile unsolved murders.