Brian Chapman, 32

March 2, 2007, 5:22 p.m.

Brian Chapman, 32, a white man, was shot inside a home at 9135 Larke Ellen Circle in Beverlywood and died at 5:22 p.m. Friday, March 2. Police said Chapman was shot in a father-son dispute. His father, Carl Chapman, was arrested and prosecutors have filed murder charges against him. Father and son had a history of conflict, police said. The younger Chapman had shown up at his father's house that day, and, investigators said, the elder killed him.

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Candy, I don't know who you are but attacking Cary is a bunch of shit. I have known Cary a lot of years and so did my husband.We all grew up in the neighborhood together. Is he perfect ...no , but those boys had it rough.The amount of craziness and loss that lived in that house was more than most can imagine. Why you are choosing this forum to attack Cary, I can't imagine. It is tasteless and I hope when you have troubles in your life or make bad decisions people treat you with the same level of judgment and disrespect as you have shown him.
Cary- I can't imagine how all of this feels and I hope you get the justice you are looking for. Jason and I wish you well and if you ever want to visit us in the Pacific NW, you are welcome. Don't let the bitches get you down.

— Vici Feb. 2, 2014 at 9:10 a.m.

candy who ever you are you are so full of crap writing this bull crap about me being a killer and planning my brothers death.. btw his life insurance he has had since he was 4 years old and the same with me.. so if anyone wanted to really make money they should have killed me seeing my policy was worth 10x more than my brothers.. And stealing cars and rich girls.. What a crock of crap I was alway taken advantage of when it came to girls and money.. The girl I was dating at the time of this situation robbed me for more than $300,000 and stole 2 car s of mine my Mercedes amg and my 69 camaro that were all paid for with my moms inheritance money and my violent history towards women you're crazy innate never been charged for any battery on women any arrests that I have had with those charges have always been dropped or never pursued because I don't beat women... That day the it happened too I was trying to calm a situation that obviously still happened ... Me and my brother were suppose to meet at the house that day and discuss all the issues that were going down with the money ect... But my brother took it into his own hands that day without me and what happened happened.... Oh and if this is Lindsey you know the truth so why are you writing these lies about me.. I'm the one that lost everything that day my family my brother my dad even my mom even though she was taken almost a year before...

— Cary Feb. 27, 2013 at 2:10 p.m.

I was a freind of the younger son at the the time of Brian Chapmans murder.I had lived @the house renting a small room 4 months earlier. WHat i saw ,no one could make up.Greed, bullying, constant talk between father and sons who gets what money. No greif for the mother who had died under strange circumstances ,also alone with Carl Chapman.So his other son was a: bully ,manipulative,cruel,heartless,evil man..He fortunately is in jail,i pray its long enough to let his story of viloence against women and crime to get nore money to live on simce working never occured to him..Cary Chapman tried to arrange to meet very rich girl, use a sob story,pathological liar he was ,and steal all their money over months ,steal their car,was arrested (look also on the courts website for batter to women)s.Stole their money and never worked a day in his life.They were a horrrible fatjer and son team of con artists and crooks who would rob you of eevery penny.How terrible that Brian Jr. was going to try to help his father pay some bills that day as calculating cold ,killers had already obtained a 250k insrance policy on him a week earlier..He was at the house that day to try to get his father to agree to stop spending the former wife's insurance policy up along with the mortgage and reposessed BMW's.Image and drugs in the fast lane were what those two liked. I should write a book...Its an outrage of justice that a brutal murder and if they bothered should be easy enough to find out that he is involved in the death of his wife also,is not put away for life.

— candy Oct. 16, 2012 at 9:31 a.m.

Family friend......you have the facts wrong. Carl did NOT call the police, the maid did. His son Brian went over to help him as Carl Chapman was doing cocaine in large quantities and mixing with some undesirables, and he was in fact concerned about his father. He was a dreadful man who on the outside seemed a generous and nice guy, but this was totally not him, he was a total nut-case, I saw it first hand. His other son Cary, brother to Brian is also in jail now, this is all due to Carl Chapman as he made his childrens life absolute hell as a bully, and ANYone knowing this family will know this to be true, He was a control freak and this is now his Karma....if not for shooting his son, but for the strange and sudden death of his wife, out of the blue and after a big arguement. They couldn't get him for that....so lets hope he gets 1st degree murder on this, to make up for both lives taken. This is fact. I knew them all very well. He screwed up both his sons lives, and manipulated everyone. I think the court case might be taking a very long time as maybe the IRS and other agencies are involved, he had his own business, but as far as the IRS were concerned he was dead!! so never paid taxes, time for this man to pay his dues.

— Molly Aug. 22, 2012 at 10:10 a.m.

Richard, he is next in court Jan 26th 2011. So far every court date has been re-scheduled, because I am sure more info is coming in all the time, so it gets adjurned. However, they are becoming closer. He was in court last week, and this reschedule is less than a week further down the line. Just keep watching. I know for a fact that his son Brian only went to his home to try to talk some sense into his father, as he was spending nearly 2,000 bucks a day on heroin, and letting his life go down the pan. He never liked either of his 2 sons, he was a bully, and a control freak, and those two boys never had a life or a childhood. Cary lost his mother a few months previous to this, she was found dead in her home by Carl Chapman! So Cary lost his mother, and his brother. Both tragic unforseen deaths. Rich LA family, and Carl Chapman has enough money for the best lawyers. I do hope he has to deal with controling inmates and bullies, just so that he knows how it feels. But, money speaks volumes, inside and out of prison......

— Molly Kendall Jan. 22, 2011 at 4:52 p.m.