12 Celebrities You Didn't Know Killed People

Don King Boxing promoter Don King killed two men on separate occasions 13 years apart. In the first case, King shot Hillary Brown in the back as he was attempting to rob the promoter. It was deemed a justifiable homicide. In 1966, King was convicted for second-degree murder after stomping his employee, Sam Garrett, to death when Garrett owed him $600. Snoop Dogg In 1993, Snoop Dogg was arrested and charged along with his bodyguard, McKinley Lee, in the death of Phillip Woldermarian, a member of a rival gang. The rapper and Lee were defended by well-known lawyer Johnnie Cochran and were acquitted in 1996. Brandy Norwood In 2006, singer and actress Brandy Norwood was involved in a car accident that killed Awatef Aboudihaj. Norwood was driving on Interstate 405 in Los Angeles when traffic slowed and she hit the back of Aboudihaj's Honda, according to a California Highway Patrol report. Aboudihaj died at a hospital from blunt-force injuries. Felicia Pearson The actress who played Felicia "Snoop" Pearson on the hit series "The Wire" was convicted of second-degree murder for shooting Okia Toomer at 14 years old. She served 6 1/2 years for her crime. Rae Carruth The former Carolina Panthers player was convicted of conspiracy to murder after his pregnant girlfriend, Cherica Adams, was shot by Carruth's friend, Van Brett Watkins Sr., near his home in Charlotte, North Carolina. During a 911 call, Adams said that her boyfriend had stopped his vehicle in front of hers, while another vehicle pulled up beside her and someone inside shot her as Carruth drove away from the scene. She was then rushed to the hospital, where the baby was able to be saved. Once Adams died, Carruth fled and was eventually found hiding in the trunk of a car in Tennessee. He was convicted in 2001 and is currently expecting to be released from prison in 2018. Earl Hayes Last week, producer and rapper Earl Hayes shot and killed his wife, Stephanie Elyse Moseley, in a murder-suicide. Boxer Floyd Mayweather was reportedly on Face Time with his friend Hayes, who turned violent over his wife's alleged cheating. "You know, talking to my friends, both of them, on Face Time, and then out of nowhere, you know... things happen," Floyd told TMZ of the incident. "The only thing I can do is ask God to make me become a better person." Charles S. Dutton Famous for playing a killer in the television series "The Murder of Mary Phagan," the actor committed murder in real life when he was 17. He reportedly got into a fight with another man and killed him. He was convicted of manslaughter and spent seven years in prison, where he took up the craft of acting. Jayson Williams The former professional basketball player pleaded guilty to assault in 2010 for accidentally shooting his limo driver while playing with a shotgun. He was released in 2012 after serving 18 months. Michael Jace and his wife April Michael Jace The actor famous for his role on "The Shield" was charged in May in the shooting death of his wife, April Jace. Jace's two children were in the home at the time of the shooting, and they have since been in the custody of California's Department of Children and Family Services. J.R. Smith In 2007, the basketball player neglected to stop at a stop sign, which caused an accident that resulted in the death of the passenger in his vehicle, his friend 21-year-old Andre Bell. After pleading guilty to vehicular manslaughter, Smith only served 24 of the 90 days in jail that he was sentenced to. "It's been unbearable to deal with," the athlete said in court. "I am deeply sorry. I never intended for this to happen. It tears me up that it went down like that." He currently plays for the NBA's New York Knicks. Huddie William 'Lead Belly' Ledbetter The jazz legend was convicted and imprisoned in January 1918 at the Imperial Farm in Sugar Land, Texas, for killing his relative, Will Stafford, over a woman. He was released in 1925 after writing a song to Texas Gov. Pat Morris Neff asking to be pardoned. He only served seven years of his time. Dwayne Goodrich In 2003, the former Dallas Cowboys player was convicted of two counts of criminally negligent homicide for striking and killing two motorists on a Dallas freeway who were trying to save a man from a burning car.

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