The true motive behind the tragic death of rapper Christopher “Notorious B.I.G.” Wallace remains a mystery. However, fifteen years after the Brooklyn, N.Y., native was gunned down, the Los Angeles County Coroner has released his 23-page autopsy report.
According to the Los Angeles Times: “[One] shot hit Wallace’s left forearm and traveled down to his wrist, while another shot hit him in the back and exited his body through his left shoulder. Another shot hit his left thigh and traveled through to his inner thigh before glancing off his scrotum. None of those rounds were fatal [...] The fatal shot entered his right hip before slicing through his colon, liver, heart and part of his lung before wedging in his left shoulder area.”
READ the full Autopsy of Christopher ‘Notorious B.I.G.’ Wallace.
Two medium-caliber lead bullets were removed from Wallace’s body. However, the medical examiner was unable to determine the sequence of the shots.
In March 1997, as Wallace left a music industry party at the Petersen Automotive Museum in L.A., his Chevrolet Suburban was riddled with bullets in a drive-by shooting. Wallace was rushed to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where doctors performed emergency surgery, but he sustained too many injuries. At the time, 24-year-old Wallace was at the height of hip-hop fame.
To this day, the murder remains unsolved despite LAPD investigation.
READ the FBI file on Christopher “Notorious B.I.G.” Wallace.
