Murder of Tupac Shakur

Murder of Tupac Shakur
East Flamingo Road and Koval Lane intersection, 2012
LocationLas Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
DateSeptember 7, 1996 (1996-09-07)
11:15 p.m. (PDT)
TargetTupac Shakur
Attack type
Drive-by shooting, assassination
Weapon.40 caliber Glock 22 pistol[1]
Deaths1 (Tupac Shakur; death occurred 6 days after drive-by shooting)
Injured1 (Suge Knight)
Accused
ChargesDavis:
First-degree murder

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 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]

  1. ^ a b Paul M. Barrett (2012). Glock: The Rise of America's Gun. Crown/Archetype. p. 77. ISBN 978-0307719942.
  2. ^ Carrie Golus (2010). Tupac Shakur: Hip-Hop Idol. Twenty-First Century Books. p. 73. ISBN 978-0761354734.
  3. ^ "Rapper Tupac Shakur Gunned Down". MTV. 1996. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 17 Feb 2016.
  4. ^ "Duane 'Keffe D' Davis indicted on murder charge for Tupac Shakur 1996 shooting". USA TODAY. Archived from the original on 2023-09-29. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
  5. ^ 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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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