Murder of Alton McDonald | |
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Location | Compton, California, U.S. |
Date | April 3, 2002 |
Attack type | Shooting |
Motive | Rivalry between Mob Pirus and Fruit Town Pirus |
Accused | Shooter: George "G." Williams |
On April 3, 2002, Alton "Buntry" McDonald (February 5, 1966 – April 3, 2002), a member of the Mob Piru Bloods and a production manager at Death Row Records,[1] was shot dead at a gas station in Compton, California. The murder was believed to be the result of fighting between two rival "sets" of the Bloods, the Mob Pirus and the Fruit Town Pirus.[2]
McDonald was a close friend of Suge Knight, the former CEO of Death Row Records and worked as a production manager at the record label.[1] McDonald was also a friend of Tupac Shakur and was involved in the beating of Orlando Anderson on September 7, 1996, at the MGM Grand, which occurred a few hours before Shakur was shot.[3]
By 2002, a rivalry developed between two sets of the Bloods, the Mob Piru, which Death Row Records was affiliated with, and the Fruit Town Piru.[2] Several associates of Death Row Records were killed as a result of this rivalry.[4]
On April 3, 2002, McDonald was filling up his car at a gas station in Compton, when a pickup truck pulled up near him. George Williams opened fire with a handgun and McDonald was hit several times in the chest.[5] He was taken to St. Francis Medical Center in Lynwood, where he died shortly after. Later that day, Suge Knight visited the hospital to pay his respects to McDonald's family.[6]
In January 2003, Gary "Gary G" Phillips, who was allegedly involved in the shooting of McDonald, was shot and wounded by two of Suge Knight's associates, Terran Andrews and Gregory Shelton.[7]