| 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]
On September 29, 2023, 27 years later, Duane "Keefe D" Davis 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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