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Who favorited?Dolla Shooter Claims Self-Defsense, Admits To Shooting
by on May 21st, 2009
The man who allegedly shot and killed up-and-coming rapper "Dolla" has been charged with three crimes - - two counts of assault with a firearm and one count of murder.
His attorney claims his client opened fire after feeling threatened by the rapper and his entourage during a chance encounter in the restroom of a Beverly Center restaurant.
According to the Los Angeles Times, Aubrey Louis Berry, 23 , a promoter who had had an altercation with Roderick "Dolla" Anthony Burton II, at an Atlanta strip club earlier this month, fired at Burton, 21, and two other people who were with him.
“This is not a murder case,” said Berry’s attorney, Howard R. Price.
“At worst it’s a manslaughter case, at best it’s a case of self defense,” he said.
However, L.A. County prosecutors have charged Berry with one count of murder and two counts each of assault with a firearm.
"Our prosecutors believe the evidence was sufficient for a murder filing," said Sandi Gibbons, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County district attorney's office.
Price said Berry and Burton were involved in an altercation at the Platinum 21 Adult Entertainment club in Atlanta.
Price says Burton and a few members of his crew allegedly beat up Berry.
Berry and Burton happened to run into each other Monday in the restroom of the P.F. Chang's restaurant in the Beverly Center.
Price described the meeting as a “chance encounter:” Berry was meeting with business associates at the eatery, and Burton and his crew had just arrived at the mall after getting off a flight from Atlanta.
Price alleges that the rapper made verbal threats against Berry, who decided to leave the restaurant.
When he got to the mall’s valet parking area, Burton and two other people followed him, the attorney said. Berry thought Burton was reaching for his waistband and fired his weapon.
According to reports, Berry is cooperating with authorities and has a permit in either the state of Georgia or the city of Atlanta to carry a concealed weapon.
Berry says he brought the gun to L.A. in a lock box and that he was at the airport to catch a previously scheduled flight to attend his sister's medical school graduation.
Berry's lawyer denies claims that his client followed Burton and insisted Berry had been in L.A. for a "few days."
Berry is scheduled to be arraigned on Friday. His bail has been set to $5,000,000.
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It was self defense huh? The altercation happened in ATL…Why didn’t you defend yourself then huh? Why would you wait a WHOLE MONTH or so to try to DEFEND yourself….
THE FIGHT BEEN OVER..
The previous articles state that the shooter FOLLOWED dolla from the airport to the mall cuz he KNEW he would be there….
The simple fact that he followed this nigga basically across the country…and even if he didn’t follow him across the country he FOLLOWED him from the airport, shows that it wasn’t SELF DEFENSE……HE was the aggressor…HE was the one AFTER dolla….
Self defense? My ass……….
He said he fired at them because he thought they were strapped
woah.
They know he can’t come up with 5 mil…
Lmfao
“This is not a murder case, said Berry’s attorney, Howard R. Price. “At worst it’s a manslaughter case, at best it’s a case of self defense,” he said.”
Lol and this is the worst lawyer on the face of the planet.
I mean you read about real life situations like this and you think damn this nigga going to jail forever….
BUT THEN you flip on your favorite Plies record and you hear him rapping about shooting up elementary schools with yoppers and shit…lol
Niggas are crazy to believe half of these records they hear…lol
WTF is a yopper anyway? lol (I’m just playing, I know what it is…a chopper…a ak-47….I just hate that plies slang…lol)
Self defense? My ass…lol he FOLLOWED this nigga all the way across the country….
all this started with verbal threats, and ended with violence? c’mon now. that’s some ol school yard bullshit. everyone coulda jus brushed this off n went on with their lives but it ended the worst way possible: another young brotha dead.
now me personally, it aint gun beef unless the dude I’m beefin with flashes his piece. he don’t even hafta say shit, he jus has to make it known he has one. then, AND ONLY THEN, will I draw heat n blow ’em away and with a straight face plead self defense.
so did anyone in Dolla’s camp at least flash a gun?
yeah that’s weird how they got into it in ATL and wound up in a restroom in LA! still, no one had to die, I doubt it was that serious
lol shit’s always goin down at strip joints! they’re gonna stop servin alcohol at these places eventually
and ain’t that art imitating life,
the wife, should have spoken of the cousin
got the internet buzzing
knowing what it is,
still
wishing that it wasn’t
entourage wishing they could stop the bulletts
but the couldn’t
an eye for eye
and we all lose sight
so we shouldn’t………
RIP Dolla
hurts more when you hear the talent…..
snipe
he got a permit for the gun, rented a car, had an alibi for being in cali(his sister), but his dumbass shot him in broad daylight. fuckin idiot, you mean you can go through all this trouble to follow a young man and take his life, and not use your time constructively like going to school or something…
prally not self defense…but dolla prally had dat comin for a long time
ll nigg‘s can go the hell witll dat bullShit cause Dollani’t Died u Dumb Shits All all nigg@’s can FUCK ALL DAT SHIT BAD MOTHERFUCK QUEEN MOTHERFUCKEN BEE BAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!REALITY CHECK. NONE OF YOU WERE THERE SO YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED.
I don’t think it was a self defense attempt, I think it was probably his anger getting the best of him from the previous incident, and he killed him. Point blank. But to sit here and have you all say there is no way it was self defense and all that bullshit, is fucking dumb. No one was there, and if you were, you wouldn’t be on Defsounds talking shit. For all you know, they could have reached for their waistband and in that case, every single person on here who claims to be a street thug, would have either done the same thing and fired back, or ran for your life.
Everyone needs to shut the hell up and take this for what it is. A man died and it happened a few days ago. There is no facts other than someone passed. Everyone needs to keep their mouths shut and their fingers off the keyboard if they are just gonna keep shootin off dumbass ignorant opinions.
I see this shit everyday when i was back at home, iam currently serving overseas in afghanistan right now you fucking pussy,as a SF Captain.So Close your fucking mouth and never bring up the way that i was raised pussy cause i got two houses thats paid off you ungratefull as civilain
you sound like the avarage angry nigga who will never amount to shit you probaly got locked up a few times you dumb piece of shit your mother should have swallod your bitch ass