On October 16, 2002, Death Row Records employee Henry 'Hendog' Smith was murdered in a drive-by shooting in Vermont Vista, Los Angeles.
[2] Smith was a close friend of Suge Knight and was known for designing the logo for Death Row Records.
[5] However, investigators attributed Smith's murder to the Denver Lane Bloods, rather than the Fruit Town Piru.
[7] On October 16, 2002, at 2:30 p.m. PST, Henry Smith was sitting in his parked vehicle in Vermont Vista, Los Angeles, as his girlfriend used a payphone.
However, Small spotted a police patrol car and alerted McDonald, who pulled his handgun back inside.