The founder of Death Row Records filed the lawsuit in Los Angeles as he awaits trial on charges he mowed down two men outside a Compton burger stand last year, killing one of them, reported the New York Daily news.
Knight, 51, claims in his filing that Brown, 27, "was a known gang associate with a history of violence and had a well-documented track record of hosting events (and) parties in which violence frequently erupted."
Knight was shot in the torso, chest and left forearm and somehow managed to stagger outside before paramedics rushed him to a nearby hospital.