Brennan was born in Chicago, IL and grew up in Park Ridge, near O'Hare International Airport on the northwest side of the city. The cause of his death was not released to the public. īrennan passed away on November 16, 2021. riots, the investigations of the murders of rappers Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G., and the fall of the Compton Police Department, was published on April 25, 2017. Their book Once Upon A Time In Compton ( Brown Girls Publishing), written with author/screenwriter Lolita Files, about their years in the Compton Gang Unit, the rise of Gangsta rap, gang wars, the L.A. As gang investigators, they travel extensively throughout California, Texas, Nevada, Illinois, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Washington, Arizona, and Iowa on gang-related investigations. They have provided gang-related intelligence and evidence for prosecution for law enforcement and prosecutorial agencies across the country. military personnel, and police departments in countries in Europe. They are still actively involved in providing gang training to schools, businesses, federal and local police and prosecutors across the country, U.S.
īrennan and Ladd each retired from law enforcement in 2014 and currently reside in Orange County, CA. They are also heavily featured in the three-part A&E miniseries, Streets of Compton, executive produced and narrated by rapper The Game. In the '80s, when Brennan and Ladd were a presence on the Compton streets, a young DJ Quik had an underground rap song called "Blondie," describing Brennan.īrennan and Ladd are featured in the Noisey/ film The Story Of 'Fuck Tha Police', starring N.W.A members Ice Cube and DJ Yella discussing the making of their eponymous seminal rap protest song. They investigated and/or assisted investigations involving such figures as Tupac Shakur, Marion "Suge" Knight, David "DJ Quik" Blake, Eric "Eazy-E" Wright, Calvin "Snoop Dogg" Broadus, Eric "Lil Eazy" Wright, Jr., Jayceon "The Game" Taylor, and Christopher "Biggie Smalls" Wallace, among others. They have served as the primary or assisting investigating officers on hundreds of gang-related murders and thousands of gang-related shootings, and witnessed instances of gang-related rapes, robberies, drive-by shootings, and shootings at police officers.īrennan and Ladd were present in Compton during the burgeoning days of Gangsta rap when it began in the 1980s and knew many of the artists involved in what would become hip hop genre. As the gang unit, Brennan and Ladd were responsible for dealing with and investigating over fifty-five gangs in the 10.1 square mile area that make up the City of Compton. The police department could only afford to have two people at the time, even though many smaller cities typically had up to four times as many. In 1988, they were promoted to become Compton's two-man gang unit. Brennan (March 2, 1959–November 16, 2021) and Robert Ladd (born February 19, 1959) joined the Compton Police Department as officers in 19, respectively. Grant Zimmerman, A&R at FilmOn Music, which released Keef's latest album Bang 3, told hip hop news site HipHopDX, "I got a text from my boy letting me know about the situation.Didn't really believe Sosa had any weed shop in Compton, but my prayers are for the victims and their families."Īs of Thursday morning, the identity of the owner of the shop is pending investigation, police said.Experts on Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G./"Biggie Smalls" Murder Cases
Still, Keef's representatives deny that he has any involvement whatsoever. County Coroner's office, only one of the men has been identified as Jerry Brown, 53.Ī neighbor interviewed by KTLA off-camera who gave her name as Tania said that she'd heard that "around 2:30 in the morning they had a shootout in this area, and that the next shootout was in the afternoon around 3, 4 in the afternoon." When asked if she knew the people who operated the shop, she said she was close with them, and that "I know for sure they have a permit, they're not doing it illegal." The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department found the bodies of two men inside, both of whom were pronounced dead at the scene. Wednesday after someone reported a "person dead" inside the building, according to KTLA.
Police were called to the scene at about 6:40 p.m.
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