Son Of Alleged L.a. Crips Leader Eugene 'big U' Henley Is Fatally Shot - Beritaja

The 34-year-old boy of Eugene “Big U” Henley, an accused Crips leader facing national charges successful a sprawling criminal lawsuit involving accusations of moving a “Mafia-like” enterprise, died aft being changeable Friday nighttime successful South Los Angeles, officials said.

The Los Angeles County aesculapian examiner identified the shooting unfortunate arsenic Jabari Henley.

The fatal shooting occurred conscionable aft 11 p.m. astatine Figueroa and 69th streets successful the Vermont-Slauson neighborhood, said Norma Eisenman, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles Police Department.

The shooting occurred aft the unfortunate had appeared to locomotion up to a vehicle, Eisenman said. Suspects wrong the conveyance changeable him and past fled the scene. There is nary explanation of the suspects, Eisenman said.

Firefighters pronounced the unfortunate dormant astatine the scene.

Jabari Henley’s father, Eugene “Big U” Henley, 58, is simply a well-known fig successful hip-hop circles and helped motorboat the profession of Nipsey Hussle, who died successful 2019. Rapper Wiz Khalifa had called Eugene Henley the godfather of rap.

Eugene Henley was indicted this twelvemonth connected 43 counts of moving a criminal endeavor that allegedly carried retired a bid of racketeering crimes, including extortion, quality trafficking, fraud and the 2021 execution of an aspiring rapper.

The elder Henley has denied the accusations, saying connected videos, “I ain’t did nothing” and “I ain’t been thing but a thief to our community,” earlier voluntarily turning himself in.

Henley is being held astatine the Metropolitan Detention Center successful downtown Los Angeles, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

Federal authorities person accused Eugene Henley of kidnapping and fatally shooting a young rapper successful the look and leaving his assemblage successful the Las Vegas godforsaken complete perceived disrespect and directing the robbery of an unlicensed L.A. marijuana dispensary that had stopped making extortion payments.

Eugene Henley besides is accused of defrauding companies, donors, athletes and celebrities — including NBA prima Draymond Green and Lakers fable Shaquille O’Neal — by persuading them to donate to his charities and later allegedly transferring the money to his individual slope accounts.

Eugene Henley antecedently served 13 years successful situation aft trying to rob an undercover sheriff’s lawman of 33 pounds of cocaine in 1991.

City News Service and Times unit writer Brittny Mejia contributed to this report.