(L.A.) Christopher Wallace, 24, Died From a Gunshot

Case Number: 1997-01812

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 24-year-old Black male that occurred at Cedars-Sinai Hospital.
The coroner’s office identified the man as Christopher Wallace.

Height / Weight: 6’1″ / 395 lbs

Manner of Death: Homicide

Cause of Death: Gunshot Wound to Abdomen-Chest

Other Significant Condition: Multiple Nonfatal Gunshot Wounds

RIP CHRISTOPHER WALLACE (May 21, 1972-March 9, 1997)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Sunday at 1:15 a.m.

The decedent was the rapper known as The Notorious B.I.G. or Biggie Smalls.

His autopsy was released 15 years after his death, in 2012.

Wallace, who had been sitting in a sport utility vehicle, was killed by a shot that entered his right hip before slicing through his colon, liver, heart and part of his lung before wedging in his left shoulder area, according to the report signed by Dr. Lisa Scheinin, deputy medical examiner.

One shot hit Wallace’s left forearm and traveled down to his wrist, another hit him in the back and exited his body through his left shoulder, the report said. Another shot hit his left thigh and traveled through to his inner thigh.

Examiners noted that they could not determine the sequence of the shots.

The Brooklyn rapper was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where doctors performed emergency surgery. Two medium-caliber lead bullets were recovered from his hospital gurney.

No drugs or alcohol were found in Wallace’s system, according to a toxicology screen.