Though C-Murder was a suspect in the killing from the outset, police didn't have enough information to issue a warrant until he was apprehended in New Orleans in a separate incident. The rapper was arrested at the House of Blues there and booked for disturbing the peace and criminal trespassing, since he had been banned at the club due to a previous incident. Once arrested, he was turned over to the sheriff's department in Jefferson Parish.
All of the recent charges come on the heels of an attempted murder charge in Baton Rouge, which stems from an incident in August when C-Murder allegedly fired a weapon outside a club after a doorman refused to let him enter without being searched (see
"C-Murder Turns Self In, Will Answer Attempted-Murder Charge"). He was out on bond at the time of the Platinum Club incident. The previous charge of attempted murder complicates C-Murder's murder case, his lawyer said.