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# Police searching for more Vibe stabbing suspects
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/police-searching-for-more-vibe-stabbing-suspects/
- Published: 2004-11-20T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T05:38:05.000Z
- Author: Carolyn Sackariason
- Tags: Crime, Santa Monica Airport, #archive-import

*Police searching for more Vibe stabbing suspects*

POLICE HDQTRS. — After allegedly stabbing a man at a music awards show earlier this week, rap artist David Darnell Brown surrendered himself to local police Friday.

Brown, aka “Young Buck,” was arrested for one count of attempted murder and one count of assault with a deadly weapon.

Brown, 23, left Loews Hotel shortly before 1 p.m. and drove in an entourage of three vehicles to the Santa Monica Police station. Brown was booked and two hours later, he was released, after posting $500,000 bail.

While Brown declined to give a statement to detectives, his lawyer, Roger Rosen, gave a brief statement to the press, saying Brown was at home when the stabbing took place at the Vibe Awards. The awards show honoring urban music was held at the Barker Hangar at the Santa Monica Airport on Monday night. Police say videotape footage shows Brown allegedly stabbing Jimmy James Johnson, 26.

“Pictures can be deceiving,” Rosen said during a brief press conference Friday. “My client was at home in Tennessee.”

Rosen said when Brown learned that police named him as the prime suspect on Tuesday, he began cooperating with local authorities to surrender. Brown is scheduled to appear in Los Angeles Superior Court at the LAX Courthouse on Dec. 20.

The stabbing occurred seconds after Johnson punched Andre Young, also known as Dr. Dre, as the rap artist approached the stage to accept a lifetime achievement award from Quincy Jones and Snoop Dogg. Police say Johnson appeared to be asking for an autograph, but instead assaulted Dr. Dre.

Brown, a native of Nashville, Tenn., is a member of 50 Cent’s G-Unit group, which is part of Dr. Dre’s Aftermath label. He released his first major solo album, “Straight Outta Ca$hville,” in August.

The awards show melee broke out shortly before 7:30 p.m. After Johnson lunged at Dr. Dre and was being subdued by private security officers, several unidentified men tried to assault Johnson, police said. He was moved toward the stage by security personnel and two Santa Monica Police officers attempted to intervene. The officers suffered minor injuries after chairs were hurled at them.

Several videotapes of the chaos reveal that three men were seen holding knives, one of whom was identified by police as Brown. At one point in the videos, Brown is allegedly seen lunging over another man and swinging the knife at Johnson while he was looking away, according to police.

Johnson continued to be assaulted by unknown assailants and was later taken to a local hospital. He suffered from a serious stab wound to the upper body and a collapsed lung. He was listed in stable condition earlier this week.

Detectives are in the process of identifying several other assault suspects, particularly the two other men seen in the video footage with knives.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on November 20, 2004.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/112004.pdf?ref=smdp.com)