Kerry Lathan, the man who was shot alongside Nipsey Hussle outside his Marathon Clothing story on March 31, is no longer being accused of violating his parole. The 56-year-old, who was paralyzed due to the tragic shooting, just got home after spending 24 years behind bars for a murder charge. A condition of his parole was that he couldn’t have contact with anyone who had gang ties. Police allege Nipsey was affiliated with the Rollin ‘60’s Crips. According to TMZ, Lathan has been incarcerated at the Men’s Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles. Sources at the L.A. Superior Court told claim the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation will not charge Lathan with violating his parole. It’s unknown as to why he won’t be charged but there was outrage all over social media than a man who was being by Hussle (the rapper was reportedly giving him free clothes) would be forced back in the criminal justice system. We wish Kerry well.<doc-sep>A parolee who was shot along with Nipsey Hussle on March 31 outside the rapper’s clothing shop was released from Men’s Central Jail early Saturday, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Kerry Lathan, 56, who suffered a gunshot wound to the back, was transported to the jail last week after his arrest on a parole violation, officials said. He was released shortly after 3 a.m. Saturday, according to the Sheriff’s Department Inmate Information Center. The charges against him were dismissed, according to the center’s website. A Sheriff’s Department spokesman could not say how Lathan violated his parole, but parolees often are barred from fraternizing with known felons or gang members as a condition of their release. Hussle was known to be affiliated with the Rollin’ 60s set of the Crips street gang in South L.A. Advertisement There had been calls for Lathan’s release from South L.A. activists. Lathan said in an interview posted on YouTube that he was arrested for associating with gang members at Hussle’s store. “I am in a wheelchair now, and they are trying to send me back for life for just being there — gang association,” Lathan told Big U, a gang interventionist in the territory of the Rollin’ 60s. “I got shot in the back.” Lathan said he was “there with a peacemaker” who was trying to make the community right. “This is a straight injustice,” said Lathan, who was released last year after 25 years in prison for murder. Eric Holder, 29, was charged with the killing of Hussle. RELATED: How Nipsey Hussle changed South L.A. » Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore has said Holder’s motive was personal, but he declined to elaborate for fear of jeopardizing the investigation. Law enforcement sources have told The Times that Holder had been in a dispute with Hussle, possibly for some time. After they got into an argument earlier that day at the store, Holder left, then returned and opened fire, the sources said. Advertisement richard.winton@latimes.com Twitter: @lacrimes<doc-sep>Kerry Lathan, the man Nipsey Hussle was buying clothes for during the fatal altercation at Marathon Clothing, is due to be released from jail. A representative from the Los Angeles Superior Court tells TMZ that the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has dropped its petition to revoke Lathan's parole, and that Lathan could be released as soon as this afternoon. ADVERTISEMENT Lathan had just been released from a twenty year sentence upon connecting with Hussle, and was shot and injured during the attack. Last week, he was arrested again, as Hussle's gang ties violated the stipulations of his parole.<doc-sep>“He’s very, very grateful,” she said. “He is very eager to get home. He was away for 25 years, so his children and grandchild don’t really known him and he wants to reunite with his family and live a low-key life.”<doc-sep>
Kerry Lathan, a bystander who was shot during Nipsey Hussle’s murder last month and subsequently arrested for his presence at the crime scene, is expected to be released from jail tonight, TMZ reports and Spin confirms. Lathan, 56, was released from prison last year and his parole agreement bars him from associating with individuals considered to be gang-affiliated. The California Department of Corrections claimed Lathan violated this agreement by hanging with Hussle on the day in question. Lathan’s attorney Lauren Noriega told Spin that the CDC has now dropped the claim. “The decision to dismiss the petition is appropriate and I think that this gives the community more hope that the system is fair,” Noriega said. Hussle was a community activist and local hero whose death was mourned even by Los Angeles’ mayor and police commissioner. Lathan has said he visited Hussle’s Marathon clothing store to purchase a white t-shirt. Minutes after arriving, he was shot by Hussle’s killer in the pelvis. Lathan was hospitalized and is now confined to a wheelchair. He was arrested last Friday at his halfway house. Local organizer Najee Ali called Lathan’s arrest a “slap in the face to his family and our grieving community” in an interview with KABC. Ali gathered a small group outside Governor Gavin Newsom’s Los Angeles office on Wednesday to demand Lathan’s release. A GoFundMe launched Sunday by a local nonprofit has raised nearly $18,000 for Lathan’s medical and legal fees. Update (4/22, 9 p.m. ET): Kerry Lathan was released from jail on Sunday, per the Associated Press.