On Monday Las Vegas police searched a home in connection with the the murder of Tupac Shakur.
The mystery surrounding the rapper’s death has had the world gripped since he was fatally shot in 1996.
Following a boxing match on September 7, 1997, Tupac and his bodyguards were reported involved in a fight with a man, Orlando Anderson, around 8:30 PM.
From there, he was supposed to head to Club 662 after the fight with Mike Tyson.
By 11:15 PM, Tupac was was riding in the passenger seat of a 1996 BMW 750 sedan that was being driven by Marion ‘Suge’ Knight.
A white Cadillac pulled up beside Suge’s vehicle. From the back of the car, the shooter rolled down the window ant took fire.
That’s when both of them are shot at 13 times. Tupac was hit three times in the chest and shrapnel went by Suge’s head.
Frank Alexander, one of Tupac’s bodyguards, said in the documentary, Before I Wake, that one car from their group followed the Cadillac, but he didn’t hear from those in the vehicle.
Another witness, Yaki Kadafi, was in a car with other bodyguards who were trialing behind Tupac’s car.
However, he refused to cooperate with police.After Suge’s made a U-turn, the police found in on the Las Vegas Strip.
The men were transported by ambulance to the University Medical Center. While Suge is released from medical care the very next day, Tupac continued to undergo treatment and operations.
During this time, his right lung was removed as a result of internal bleeding.
A few days later on September 13, Tupac died as a result of his injuries.
The University Medical Center answering machine told those who called: ‘Tupac Shakur has passed away at UMC at approximately 4:03 p.m. Physicians have listed the cause of death as respiratory failure and cardiopulmonary arrest.’
Much speculation and debate still surrounds the murder’s mystery.
Though he had a confrontation with Tupac prior to the shooting, Orlando Anderson was not charged. In the years following Tupac’s death, Orlando would file a lawsuit against Suge Knight and Tupac’s estate in regards to the scuffle that had taken place.
Tupac’s mother countered with a wrongful death lawsuit.
The Las Vegas police did not follow up with Yaki even though he had told the police he would have been able to give them an identity.
Two months after the incident, Yaki was killed.
