"Shooting a police I'm not with that," Tab 'Turk' Virgil Jr told exclusively to Memphis Tennessese's News Channel 3. "I'm against that. I've never shot a police. I've never owned a gun, never seen a gun."
According to Shelby County detectives, Turk opened fire on deputies during a drug raid at a Memphis apartment on January 26th. The 22-year-old rapper was one of three people inside the apartment when the officers approached the front door and announced their presence, Shelby County Sheriff Mark Luttrell said. Luttrell said the officers immediately came under fire and two deputies were wounded.
Turk vehemently denies he fired a gun, saying he was the victim fired upon by the police.
"Only thing I hear was boom and bam and gun shots," Turk testifies. "I hear boom, boom, I get into the closet, I'm scared praying. "I hear boom you know I don't hear any police say knock knock."
Turk, who is now being charged with first degree attempted murder, says he was threatened by the police and never explained why he was under arrest.
"They called me, they called me out. And they wanted to beat me," says Virgil. "That's it, I never saw a search warrant, I never know what I was being arrested for."
News Channel 3 obtained a copy of the search warrant. Deputies believe there was a boat load of drugs in the Southeast Memphis apartment Virgil was staying at. Investigators say they found marijuana and another unknown substance.
Turk says he came to Memphis to escape the drugs, calling it his personal rehab. However, investigators say they recovered drug paraphernalia covered with heroin residue and marijuana at the apartment.
Turk will return to court on February 18th to answer to the charges.
WTF? NEVER SEEN A GUN???????????? ESCAPE FROM DRUGS?????????LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
― REDBONE$$ (RED BONE), Sunday, 14 March 2004 08:56 (twenty years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 14 March 2004 09:02 (twenty years ago) link
― the surface noise (electricsound), Sunday, 14 March 2004 09:22 (twenty years ago) link
― adam (adam), Sunday, 14 March 2004 10:22 (twenty years ago) link
― adam (adam), Sunday, 14 March 2004 10:25 (twenty years ago) link
― adam (adam), Sunday, 14 March 2004 10:30 (twenty years ago) link
― O.Leee.B. (Leee), Sunday, 14 March 2004 20:21 (twenty years ago) link
THERE WAS AN EXCELLENT QUASIFICTION STORY IN THE MUSIC ISSUE OF GRANTA ON NEWORLEANS RAPPERS, CASHMONEY IN PARTICULAR. WORTH TRACKING DOWN.
"I hear boom, boom, I get into the closet" IS MY NEW MOTTO.
JUVY SEEMS TO BE ACQUIRING SOME WEIGHT THESE DAYS, NO?
― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Sunday, 14 March 2004 21:31 (twenty years ago) link
― adam (adam), Sunday, 14 March 2004 21:56 (twenty years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 14 March 2004 22:00 (twenty years ago) link
AND I DIDN'T SAY IN EVERY _rap_ THREAD, I SAID IN EVERY REDBONE$$ THREAD.
GULLY, YO.
― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Sunday, 14 March 2004 23:01 (twenty years ago) link
― Al (sitcom), Monday, 15 March 2004 04:29 (twenty years ago) link
― $corpium ($corpium), Monday, 15 March 2004 05:06 (twenty years ago) link
― Al (sitcom), Monday, 15 March 2004 05:09 (twenty years ago) link
― 7th ward hardhead, Monday, 15 March 2004 07:10 (twenty years ago) link
― Alex in $F (Alex in SF), Monday, 15 March 2004 07:16 (twenty years ago) link
― REDBONE$$ (RED BONE), Monday, 15 March 2004 07:36 (twenty years ago) link
― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Monday, 15 March 2004 21:18 (twenty years ago) link
― REDBONE$$ (RED BONE), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 08:16 (twenty years ago) link
WTF???? TURK IS A BIG LIER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
― am0n, Saturday, 31 May 2008 03:50 (fifteen years ago) link
FTW
― usic, Saturday, 31 May 2008 05:46 (fifteen years ago) link
I hear boom you know I don't hear any police say knock knock
― felching in the dark (San Te), Thursday, 3 February 2011 14:42 (thirteen years ago) link
NEVER SEEN A GUN???????????? ESCAPE FROM DRUGS?????????
― am0n, Thursday, 3 February 2011 15:30 (thirteen years ago) link
Deputies believe there was a boat load of drugs in the Southeast Memphis apartment Virgil was staying at. Investigators say they found marijuana and another unknown substance.
There was a boat in his apartment?
― Mark G, Friday, 4 February 2011 09:28 (thirteen years ago) link
Obviously they meant "butt load".
― I Don't Think It's Worth It, Personally.... (u s steel), Friday, 4 February 2011 10:29 (thirteen years ago) link
there was a boat in Turk's butt?
― i pl0p bombs like hiroshima (San Te), Friday, 4 February 2011 15:26 (thirteen years ago) link
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 30 April 2016 14:15 (eight years ago) link
NEVER SEEN A GUN?
ESCAPE FROM DRUGS?
― When I am afraid, I put my toast in you (Neanderthal), Thursday, 3 October 2019 02:18 (four years ago) link
TURK IS A BIG LIER
― not up to Aerosmith standards (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 6 July 2021 17:31 (two years ago) link
liAr.
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Tuesday, 6 July 2021 20:05 (two years ago) link
what has this got to do with Prolapse?
― Formica Jordan (Neanderthal), Thursday, 14 December 2023 15:43 (four months ago) link