What Killed rapper Tupac Shakur ?
Police are once again looking into the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur. Shakur was killed in a 1996 drive-by shooting in Las Vegas when he was 25. The cold case was recently reopened and last week police searched a Las Vegas home in connection to the murder. Lena Nozizwe, a journalist and the podcaster behind “Tupac’s Murder Was His Case,” joined CBS News to talk about the new developments.
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Tupac Shakur, an American rapper, was fatally shot on September 7, 1996, in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas Valley. He was 25 years old. The shooting occurred at 11:15 p.m
(PDT), when the car carrying Shakur was stopped at a red light at East Flamingo Road and Koval Lane.
Shakur was struck by four 40 caliber rounds fired from a Glock:[1] two in the chest, one in the arm, and one in the thigh.[3] He died from his wounds six days later.
On July 18, 2023, the Las Vegas Police Department executed a search warrant in connection with Shakur’s murder.
Tupac Shakur attended the Bruce Seldon vs. Mike Tyson boxing match with Marion “Suge” Knight, the head of Death Row Records, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. After leaving the match, one of Knight’s associates, Trevon “Tre” Lane, a member of the M.O.B. Pirus gang based in Compton, California, spotted Orlando “Baby Lane” Anderson, from the rival South Side Compton Crips gang, in the MGM Grand lobby.
Earlier that year, in May 1996, Anderson and a group of Southside Crips attempted to rob Lane in a Foot Locker store. Lane told Shakur, who in turn attacked Anderson in the lobby. Shakur asked Anderson if he was from the “South” (Southside Crips) and punched him in the face, knocking him to the ground.[5] Shakur and Knight’s entourage assisted in assaulting Anderson. The fight, which was captured on the MGM Grand’s video surveillance, was broken up by hotel security.
After the brawl, Shakur returned to his hotel, the Luxor Las Vegas. He disclosed to girlfriend Kidada Jones his involvement in the Anderson fight, previously having promised to return to her after entering the MGM Grand and having her stay in a vehicle. Shakur left with Knight in a BMW sedan after changing clothes and went to Club 662, which was owned by Knight, to perform at a charity concert.
