 In 1999 , Arnold Beverly claimed that he and an unnamed assailant , not Mumia Abu @-@ Jamal , shot Daniel Faulkner as part of a contract killing because Faulkner was interfering with <unk> and payoff to corrupt police . The Beverly <unk> became an item of division for Mumia 's defense team , as some thought it usable and others rejected Beverly 's story as " not credible " . 
