He was shot in the back while riding his motorcycle in Compton. Poochie died in July 2003 as a result of multiple gunshot wounds. Orlando Anderson was killed outside a Compton record shop in May 1998. They haven’t gone through the judicial process and nobody has been prosecuted.
They’re considered solved internally, but the public’s definition of solved is different. “Those are the facts within law enforcement. Both law enforcement agencies-the Las Vegas Police Department and the L.A.P.D.-ha ve drawn the conclusions that Tupac was killed by Orlando Anderson and Biggie Smalls was killed by Wardell ‘Poochie’ Fouse. As soon as he became aware of where Biggie was sitting in his car, he dro ve up and he shot him.” Poochie lay in wait outside the Petersen Automoti ve Museum. He received two payments, one for $9000 and one for $4000. They had a very secreti ve and exclusi ve relationship. Reggie Wright Jr.-who was the head of Death Row security-said Suge and Poochie’s relationship was different than other members of the gang. Confidential sources from the Death Row entourage, the Mob Pirus, and, said Poochie had done shootings for Suge in the past. According to several Death Row insiders and FBI informants, Poochie was a down-for-the-cause, hardcore gang member. At the time, he was a 36-year old member of the Mob Piru Bloods. “Wardell ‘Poochie’ Fouse was paid to kill Biggie. Suge gave her the directive to get Poochie. While Suge was in jail, he conspired with his girlfriend. “Suge Knight ended up going to jail on a probation violation, stemming from the beating of Orlando Anderson in the MGM Grand hotel.
That explains why the next day this huge war broke out in Compton between Suge Knight’s gang entourage and Keefe D’s gang entourage. Keefe D was a member of the Southside Crips and a well known person to Suge. He looked directly into the eyes of Keefe D, who was in the shooter’s car. Not only had he been shot at, but his friend was killed next to him in the car. Yet there has never been an arrest in either case and both murders remain officially unsolved to this day.Ĭomplex caught up with Kading to talk about the results of his investigation, why no arrests ha ve ever been made, and why he believes these cases will never be officially solved. Adding insult to injury, Big and Pac were both murdered on busy city streets, in view of numerous witnesses. The death of two young men who were so beloved by their family, friends, and fans was worse still. Seeing the two greatest rappers of a generation cut down in their prime was bad enough. These killings remain the worst tragedies in hip-hop history. Biggie’s dri ve-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. 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. On March 9, 1997, Christopher Wallace, a.k.a.
His fee for murdering the greatest rapper of all time? $13,000. “ Poochie”-was the triggerman who killed Biggie fifteen years ago today. Fifteen years after Biggie's murder, retired detective Greg Kading debunks a few bogus theories and explains why the case will never officially be solved.Īccording to the police detecti ve who spent three years investigating the murder of Biggie Smalls, the man pictured above- Wardell Fouse a.k.a Darnell Bolton a.k.a.