David Anthony Mack (born May 30, 1961) is a former professional runner and Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officer involved in the Rampart Division's Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums (CRASH) unit.
As an athlete, David Mack ran track for Locke High School and was champion at the CIF California State Meet at 880 yards for two years in a row.
He qualified for the United States national team, running the 800 metres in the 1983 World Championships in Athletics but failed to advance to the final.
In her capacity as branch assistant manager, Romero had ordered double the usual amount of cash to be on hand at the bank on the day of the robbery.
[13][14] According to the Tupac documentary Assassination: Battle for Compton, citing official legal documents, a reliable jail informant by the name of Ken Boagni, who befriended Rafael Perez in prison, stated Perez claimed the money stolen in the bank robbery was intended to go to Harry Billups, also known as Amir Muhammed, who was friends with Mack, for allegedly carrying out the murder of late rapper Christopher Wallace, also known as Biggie Smalls.
[15][16] In his 2002 book LAbyrithnth, Randall Sullivan, making an assertion based on evidence provided by former LAPD detective Russell Poole, accused music producer Marion "Suge" Knight of collaborating with Mack and a hitman Mack was associated with who was identified as Amir Muhammad to murder Christopher Wallace, a rapper who performed under the name The Notorious B.I.G.
The lawsuit alleged that the officers conspired to murder Wallace, and that Pérez and Mack were present the night of the drive-by shooting which claimed his life on March 9, 1997.