| Murder of Tupac Shakur | |
|---|---|
 Tupac Shakur (front) with Suge Knight (back) minutes before Shakur was shot | |
| Location | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. |
| Date | September 7, 1996 11:15 p.m. (PDT) |
| Target | Tupac Shakur |
Attack type | Drive-by shooting, assassination |
| Weapon | .40 caliber Glock 22 pistol[1] |
| Deaths | Tupac Shakur; (death occurred six days later after drive-by shooting) |
| Injured | Suge Knight |
| Accused |
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| Charges | Davis: First-degree murder |
On September 7, 1996, at 11:15 p.m. (PDT), Tupac Shakur, a 25-year-old American rapper, was shot in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada. The shooting occurred when the car carrying Shakur was stopped at a red light at East Flamingo Road and Koval Lane.[2] The driver, Marion "Suge" Knight, was grazed by a bullet in the shooting. Shakur died from his injuries six days later, on September 13, 1996.
Shakur was struck by four rounds fired from a .40-calibre Glock:[1] two in the chest, one in the arm, and one in the thigh.[3]
Orlando Anderson, a Crips gang member, was suspected in the murder but denied being involved and was never charged. He was killed in an unrelated gang shootout in 1998. On September 29, 2023, 27 years after Shakur's murder, Duane "Keefe D" Davis, Anderson's uncle, was arrested after being indicted by a grand jury for the first-degree murder of Shakur.[4][5]
- ^ a b Paul M. Barrett (2012). Glock: The Rise of America's Gun. Crown/Archetype. p. 77. ISBN 978-0307719942.
- ^ Carrie Golus (2010). Tupac Shakur: Hip-Hop Idol. Twenty-First Century Books. p. 73. ISBN 978-0761354734.
- ^ "Rapper Tupac Shakur Gunned Down". MTV. 1996. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
- ^ "Duane 'Keffe D' Davis indicted on murder charge for Tupac Shakur 1996 shooting". USA TODAY. Archived from the original on September 29, 2023. Retrieved September 29, 2023.
- ^ Yamat, Rio; Press • •, Ken Ritter | Associated (September 29, 2023). "Last living suspect in 1996 drive-by shooting of Tupac Shakur indicted in Las Vegas on murder charge". Archived from the original on September 30, 2023. Retrieved September 29, 2023.
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