Murder of Tupac Shakur
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On September 7, 1996, at 11:15 p.m. (PDT), Tupac Shakur, a 25-year-old American rapper, was fatally 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] Shakur was in Marion "Suge" Knight's car, who was also injured in the shooting. Although Knight was only grazed by a bullet in the shooting, Shakur died from his injuries on September 13, 1996, seven days after he was shot.
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![]() Tupac Shakur (front) with Suge Knight (back) minutes before Shakur was shot | |
Location | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. |
Date | September 7, 1996; 27 years ago (1996-09-07) 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 |
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] He died from his wounds six days later.
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]