Notorious B.I.G. autopsy released, 15 years after his death

The Los Angeles County
Coroner's Office released
the autopsy report on
Christopher Wallace, aka
The Notorious B.I.G. or
Biggie Smalls, on Friday,
more than 15 years after
the rapper was shot to
death.
The 23-page report offers
fresh details about his death,
which remains one of the
city's best-known unsolved
homicides.
Wallace, 24, was shot and
killed early on March 9, 1997,
as he was leaving a music
industry party. He was riding
in the front passenger seat
of a Chevrolet Suburban
when another vehicle pulled
up beside his and someone
opened fire.
Wallace was shot four times,
according to the autopsy
report.
The fatal bullet entered his
right hip and ripped through
several organs, including his
liver, heart and lung. The
other bullets struck Wallace
in his left forearm, his back
and his left thigh.
He was taken to Cedars-Sinai
Medical Center, where he
arrived in full cardiac arrest
and was pronounced dead
shortly after 1 a.m.
At the time of his death, he
had no drugs or alcohol in
his system. Wallace was 6
feet, 2 inches tall, weighed
395 pounds and had a
tattoo on his right forearm
that read: "The Lord is My
Light and my Salvation …"
His slaying has long stumped
investigators.
Los Angeles police and the
FBI both looked into the case
but made no arrests.
Wallace was killed just six
months after his former
friend and rap rival Tupac
Shakur was gunned down in
Las Vegas, leading some to
believe both shootings were
tied to a so-called rap war
between East Coast and West
Coast hip-hop artists and
their record companies.
Shakur recorded for Marion
"Suge" Knight's Los Angeles-
based Death Row Records,
while Wallace was signed
with New York-based Bad
Boy Entertainment.
Shakur's killing is also
unsolved.