Police search Las Vegas home as part of investigation into 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur
- Las Vegas Police on Monday searched a home in Henderson near Interstate 11 and Wagon Wheel Drive as part of an investigation into the murder of Tupac Shakur.
- Shakur was shot and killed just steps from the Las Vegas Strip in September 1996. The case remains unsolved.
Las Vegas police searched a home Monday as part of an investigation into the 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur.
Detectives served a search warrant at a home in Henderson near Interstate 11 and Wagon Wheel Drive, CLASS reported.
Shakur was shot and killed just steps from the Las Vegas Strip in September 1996. He was 25 years old.
The case remains unsolved.
DailyMail.com has contacted the Las Vegas Metro Police Department for comment.
Tupac Shakur was shot in September 1996 near the Las Vegas Strip. The case was never solved
This is the black car in which Tupac was fatally shot by an unknown hit man while driving on Las Vegas Boulevard with Suge Knight
Bullet holes can be seen in the BMW that was shot at with a volley of bullets from a semi-automatic weapon by men in a white Cadillac car
Shakur was shot in his black BMW as it was idling at a red light at Flamingo Road and Koval Lane on September 7, 1996.
The shooting occurred shortly after 11 p.m., as the 25-year-old rapper was leaving a Mike Tyson boxing match at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino.
He was in a BMW with Suge Knight, the boss of his Death Row Records label, when the pair were shot at an unknown assailant.
Tupac was hit four times, including one in the chest. He was taken to the University of Southern Nevada Medical Center, where he died six days later.
Tupac Shakur’s murder remains unsolved. However, there are several theories about who may have been responsible. One theory is that the shooting was in retaliation for a shooting that took place six days earlier in which Tupac’s associate Orlando “Baby Lane” Anderson was killed.
Another theory is that the shooting was the result of a feud between rival rappers on the east and west coasts — namely, Biggie Smalls who was killed in a drive-by the following year.
Another theory says the shooting was carried out by members of the Crips gang, who were rivals of Tupac’s gang, the Bloods.
The murder of Tupac was an international story and remains a source of fascination and speculation to this day. Some even claim that Tupac is still alive.
Numerous books and documentaries have been published about the case, and there is even a museum dedicated to Tupac in his hometown of New York City.
Shakur is pictured with Marion ‘Suge’ Knight at the Sunset Park premiere in April 1996
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