Biggie Smalls (Christopher Wallace) was killed in a drive-by shooting in Los Angeles in the early hours of March 9, 1997; he was 24. He was struck by four bullets while riding in a GMC Suburban near the Petersen Automotive Museum and was pronounced dead at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center at 1:15 a.m..

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• After leaving a music industry party at the Petersen Automotive Museum, a dark Chevrolet Impala pulled alongside Wallace’s vehicle at a red light and the driver opened fire with a 9 mm pistol. Wallace was hit four times, and the shooter fled, leaving the case officially unsolved..

• The autopsy released years later stated that three of the four shots were nonfatal; the fatal round entered through his right hip, damaging his colon, liver, heart, and left lung before lodging in his left shoulder. Toxicology reported no alcohol or drugs in his system..