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The hospital says he died of respiratory failure and cardiopulmonary arrest. September 13, 1996: Shakur was pronounced dead at 04:03pm local time (23:03 GMT) at University Medical Center in LA. Knight was grazed by a bullet fragment or shrapnel from the car. Sitting in the passenger seat, Shakur was shot four times, at least twice in the chest. Defending WBA champion Bruce Seldon (L) fends off WBC Champion Mike Tyson (R) in the first round of their title match at the MGM Grand Gardens in Las Vegas, on SeptemĪ white Cadillac with four men inside pulled alongside the BMW while it was stopped at a red light at an intersection near the Las Vegas Strip, and one person opened fire, riddling the passenger side of Knight’s car with bullets, police said. Police said no one else was in the car with them. September 7, 1996: The 25-year-old rapper was travelling in a black BMW driven by Death Row Records founder Marion “Suge” Knight in a convoy of about 10 cars, apparently headed to a nightclub, after watching Mike Tyson knock out Bruce Seldon in a championship fight at the MGM Grand. What happened the night Shakur was killed? The evidence collected will now be presented to a Las Vegas grand jury.Ĭiting the continuing investigation, a police spokesperson said he couldn’t provide further details on the latest development in the case, including whether a suspect has been identified. The news network also stated that investigators searched for computers, laptops and articles about Shakur and his death. The search was conducted with Las Vegas Metro PD SWAT present at about 10pm local time (05:00 GMT).ĪBC News described the scene as loud, with police using bullhorns and bright lights. Las Vegas homicide detectives and prosecutors had determined they had enough information to proceed with a court-authorised search, an official briefed on the investigation told US-based ABC News. The search warrant was executed on Monday in the city of Henderson, located on the outskirts of Las Vegas in the state of Nevada. Here’s what’s to know about the rapper’s murder and the investigation into the most infamous fatal shooting in hip-hop history: What is new about this investigation?

An investigation into the unsolved murder of Tupac Shakur, widely known as 2Pac, has been revived after authorities in the US state of Nevada served a search warrant this week in connection with the rap star’s death on September 7, 1996.