Update: Former Hot Boy "Turk" Charged With Attempted Murder
By Nolan Strong
Date: 1/28/2004 4:25 PM
Virgil "Turk" Tab Jr. has officially been charged with attempted first-degree murder, in a shooting that wounded two police officers.
As previously reported, Tab, who gave his name to police as Tab Virgil, was a member of Cash Money Records recording group The Hot Boys.
Officers were serving a search warrant Monday afternoon at the Hickory Pointe Apartment complex in Memphis, Tennessee, seeking heroin.
As they entered the apartment, they were greeted with gunfire. SWAT deputy Jason Pagenkopf, 31, was shot in the neck, while the second officer, Chris Harris, 29, was shot in the mouth, hip and leg.
A subsequent search of the apartment turned up a small amount of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.
Pagenkopf was released, while Harris remained in critical condition. He is expected to recover from the gunshot wounds.
Tab, 22, is being held in lieu of $1 million dollars bond.
In August, Tab released an album, Raw & Uncut for New York based record label, Koch.
By Nolan Strong
Date: 1/28/2004 4:25 PM
Virgil "Turk" Tab Jr. has officially been charged with attempted first-degree murder, in a shooting that wounded two police officers.
As previously reported, Tab, who gave his name to police as Tab Virgil, was a member of Cash Money Records recording group The Hot Boys.
Officers were serving a search warrant Monday afternoon at the Hickory Pointe Apartment complex in Memphis, Tennessee, seeking heroin.
As they entered the apartment, they were greeted with gunfire. SWAT deputy Jason Pagenkopf, 31, was shot in the neck, while the second officer, Chris Harris, 29, was shot in the mouth, hip and leg.
A subsequent search of the apartment turned up a small amount of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.
Pagenkopf was released, while Harris remained in critical condition. He is expected to recover from the gunshot wounds.
Tab, 22, is being held in lieu of $1 million dollars bond.
In August, Tab released an album, Raw & Uncut for New York based record label, Koch.