The shooting occurred at 11:15 p.m. ( PDT ), when the car carrying Shakur was stopped at a red light at East Flamingo Road and Koval Lane. When I found out Tupac had been shot I was shocked, I really wasnt expecting it. Getty/Al Pereira. Suge was sentenced to nine years in prison, however he got out early and is now a free man. They were paid interviews; at the time I could have used the money, but I didnt know what it was going to be. But that week in hospital is as shrouded in mystery as the murder itself, with conflicting reports claiming he was unconscious the entire time, and others stating he was laughing and joking with pals shortly before his death. Ironically, I saw 2Pac and his crew pass by us. POP! It was crowded and a lot of celebrities were coming in, Jefferson recalled of the hustle and bustle of the MGM Grands lobby, which was also the scene of a Death Row brawl with an alleged gang member, Orlando Baby Lane Anderson, who is also said to have been the one to fire the shots that would eventually kill Shakur. Sgt Kevin Manning was assigned as leading investigator, and Cathy Scott was named lead reporter for the shooting (see pics). It is not an official coroner or police photo and could be a fake. A 1996 driver's license shows Tupac's height as 5ft 10in and his weight at 168lbs, but the report says he was 6ft tall and weighed 215lbs. Right after that the light changed green and they pulled off. He had a flat tire; the car started limping. Im still getting phone calls, I just tell them to call my attorney. In the crackpot clip an arrow points towards a person who is supposedly Tupac. POP! Davis was never arrested. Tupac saw it going down and tried to jump into the back seat. Later he was placed on a ventilator and respirator, life-support, and put into a drug-induced coma. When the police questioned the bodyguard they continously asked if he had shot back, and when he said no they asked who had shot back. I worked on a Nas video where they used the picture I took in the video, and I didnt tell the director, I just kept it to myself., Just seeing how people talk about it on the internet, how its fake it gets to me. She told Vanity Fair how she heard him moan and saw his eyes open. I asked what they were doing tonight, and he said they were going to Club 662 and I should come over. One of the officers came back, stood me up, took the handcuffs off me, and said, Youre free to go, he remembered, only for the same officers to take him back to the station hours later, admitting they fucked up for releasing him in the first place. The Tyson vs. Seldon boxing match was held Saturday, September 7, 1996. They didn't find him there, but later spotted Knight's black BMW and caught up with it at a red light on Flamingo Road, it is claimed. I was literally there until about 4:30, 5 Oclock in the morning. On September 13, 1996, 25-year-old rapper Tupac Shakur was declared dead after suffering gunshot wounds six days prior. The cops turned and followed Suge down the road instead of securing the crime scene. When he got to the hotel he told Kidada, Some nigga started a fight with me for nothing. And then the words came out: 'F*** you. The fight lasted only 109 seconds. I really felt it was important for Tupac, who fought so hard, to have a free spirit. Death Row emptied the apartment and took the furniture which Tupac was charged over $100,000 for. He eventually died on September 13, 1996, suffering respiratory failure and cardiac arrest after having a lung removed. Who killed Tupac Shakur? While Tupac was getting in his car he was bragging about how Tyson took Seldon out in 50 punches and all he had to do was three punches and the dude was on the ground. Being friends with Pac, then hes laying in the hospital. It is claimed Anderson rounded up a crew to get revenge, and waited for the rapper outside Knight's Club 662. Anderson, in the back seat, is said to have fired at least 15 shots with a Glock pistol. He said, Mr. And then the words came out: 'F*** you. We figured that it was going to be another quick Mike Tyson knockout. Both occurred in a car, the perpetrator was originally mysterious, there are discrepancies in the actual story of how events occurred, leading to controversies, conspiracy theories, and a lack of closure in both cases. Allegedly after the shooting they came into some money, and the possibility of a pay off for some role in the shooting is possible. Around 11:15pm, the BMW was shot up, hitting Shakur four times and sending him to the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada. Tupac's fiancee Kidada Jones, daughter of music legend Quincy, said the rapper appeared to wake up when she played him Don McLeans song Vincent on a CD player next to his bed. By Jean Mendoza / July 22, 2021 2:14 pm EST. I got so many calls, was offered to fly out to places, but I just didnt know what was going on. At that point, an ambulance showed up, and he went into unconsciousness.". He had the picture verified by Tupacs fiance Kidada Jones [Quincy Jones daughter] and even turned down paid TV interviews, although seizing the opportunity was ideal for his bank account at the time. Last year, a documentary titled 2Pac: The Great Escape From UMC explored the possibility that Tupac escaped the University Medical Center in Las Vegas with the use of a body double and relocated to New Mexico. Wild conspiracies claim he faked his own autopsy picture and is now living with his fugitive aunt in Cuba. I did a few interviews at. A few days later, Pac succumbed to his injuries and Jefferson was left with the potential of being somewhat of a celebrity, all because he had the last living relic of the man whose life the country was mourning over. The theories have been stoked by people close to him including a Black Panthers "bodyguard" who claims he smuggled the wounded rapper on a plane to Barbados. Something went wrong, please try again later. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. I said, Whats going on? But they wouldnt tell me. It has previously been reported that Suge Knight claimed Tupac talked about faking his death just weeks before he was shot. Then, someone else called, and it was someone calling from another news outlet. I pulled into the turning lane behind the Lexus and just sat there. 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This picture has taken on its own life because conspiracy theorists think Pacs not dead, hes in Cuba somewhere, just from that picture. The rapper did not realize the extent of his own injuries and was more concerned about Knight wounds, he claimed. Hed been shot before, so you just hope he makes it. I didnt go over to him then because I figured I would probably see him later. For 18 years, no one has known what this lyrical genius' final mortal words were. One guy had a knee on my back.. The theories have been stoked by people close to him including a Black Panthers "bodyguard" who claims he smuggled the wounded rapper on a plane to Barbados. 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Dexter Isaac The Truth Behind The Man Who Shot Tupac Orlando Andersons VIBE Interview with Sanyika Shakur, Mike Tyson Speaks On Feeling Guilt Over The Death Of Tupac. I walk back into the casino and my friend is still at the same table I left him at. He is also bald and has a similarly-shaped face and beard to the late star. The photograph- which would have been the last one of Tupac alive - then disappeared and has not been seen since. I worked on a Nas video. YouTuber DJ Skandalousclaimed there are discrepancies all over the place on the coroners report. 7 I was like three or four cars back at a light. Tupac was unable to speak the entire time he was in the hospital, mostly because he was in a coma. You shot in the head, according to a police transcript. He called Kidada Jones [Quincy Jones daughter and Tupacs fiance] to verify the pictureshe said it was real. Updated 3:04 PM EDT, Fri May 23, 2014 Link Copied! Follow Leonard Jefferson on Instagram @picturecarlen. Complex Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Tupac was shot twice in the chest and was also hit in the arm and thigh, reports said. The autopsy report is on file at the office, but is deemed by Nevada state law not to be public. Many people were in awe over the clarity of the images. Leonard Jefferson can be reached at his website, oneminutebefore.net, or on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. As a result the scene and evidence was ran over and dispersed through traffic. On Sunday (June 19), Tupac Shakur's name started trending on Twitter. He asked me what I wanted to do, I said I didnt know. I see a head come up, and its 2Pac. Members of his entourage who kept a vigil at his bedside claim he was "laughing and joking" shortly before his death. 2Pacs Home & Houses in Baltimore, Marin 1995-04-29 / Tupac Married Girlfriend Keisha Morris In The Prison, 1992-08-22 / Killing 6-year old Qaid Walker-Teal in Marine City, Who is Walter King Tut Johnson? You can WhatsApp us on 07810 791 502. To this day, I dont know how they got my number. Suge gets out and starts yelling, My man Pac is shot, Pac is shot! One of the officers goes around and aims his gun at the passenger side. "This could be because the photo was pixelated and is not HD but from what I see, the Machiavelli tattoo is not there. The man rapping in the video even sports the same styled moustache as Tupac. Yafeu Fula (Yaki Kadafi of the Outlawz) had been in the car behind the BMW with bodyguards. I got on my phone and called California Pizza Kitchen to cancel my order. I kind of knew him when I was a student at UCLA film school. The impact of Tupacs death spans from the inner workings of rap to all the people and fans alike who have suffered the loss. The cops are searching my vehicle, and they wont say nothing. I knew there was a shooting but I didnt know at that time that 2Pac or Suge had been shot. Conspiracy theorists believe the fact the photo disappeared is further proof Tupac was not the patient lying in the hospital bed. He discharged himself from hospital three hours after surgery and the next day he was found guilty of three counts of molestation. Jefferson vividly remembers that unnerving imagery as well. To inquire about a licence to reproduce material, visit our Syndication site. Attention has focused on alleged discrepancies over whether Tupac regained consciousness as he lay critically injured at the UMC Hospital in Las Vegas. Tempers rose and a gunfight erupted. Hours before the shooting, Tupac was involved in an alleged punch-up with Anderson following a Mike Tyson fight at the MGM Grand. He also had a gunshot wound to a right finger with a fracture. It would seem that the police were not interested in solving the shootings and as EDI of the Outlawz stated (He) was just another black man that had a strong opinionand now hes out of the way. Tupacs dislike for the police and vice-versa was not a secret. I asked what they were doing tonight, and he said they were going to Club 662 and I should come over. Of interesting note, is that the shooting took place just after the police stopped them, and this time may well have been used to plan the timing of the drive-by shooting. Reports were made of people running up trying to snatch side-mirrors and such off of the car. Tupacs family held a private funeral for him in Las Vegas. Tupac Shakur died on Sept. 13, 1996, after being shot in a drive-by on the Las Vegas strip on Sept. 7, 1996, while sitting in the passenger seat of a BMW driven by Suge Knight. It made a wide U-turn right in the middle of the street and started following Suge. 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POP! So I rejoiced with him, with the release of his spirit. On September, Friday the 13th, the always-lively Tupac had breathed his last breath. The BMW was covered with blood and pieces of gold (from Tupacs jewelry), and also had two flat tires. Kadafi was later shot and killed in New Jersey. And he went from struggling to speak, being non cooperative, to an 'Im at peace' type of thing. It affected me, just being there. Carroll was the police officer who pulled Tupac out of the bullet sprayed BMW and held the legendary rapper in his arms until the body seemed to go lifeless. It contrasts with the official version that Tupac - who had a lung removed after two bullets hit his chest - was in a coma for six days then died from respiratory failure and cardiac arrest. Tupac, ween wearing an orange shirt during the bust up, reportedly changed into a green basketball vest shortly after the fight, reports the Daily Star. I said, Yo, what up, Pac! He paused for a second, then he recognized who I was and said, Yeah, what up, man, he said. All of a sudden, heard, POP! I tell him 2Pac and Suge got shot. "Why would they shave his face and his head if he's in a coma and in critical condition?". I came to a light at Harmon Ave. and I looked over and saw some shiny rims on a BMW. A jeep full of girls pulled up to the left and got Suge and Tupacs attention, and thats when it happened. Sgt Carroll went with him in the ambulance to the University Medical Centre of Southern Nevada, and said he never woke up. They sent his blood to Long Beach Genetics, who did the DNA testing to find the probability of Afeni and Billy Garland parentage which came back as 99.97%. I said, Whats going on? But they wouldnt tell me. His injuries included a gunshot wound to his right chest with a massive hemothorax and a gunshot wound to the right thigh with the bullet palpable within the abdomen. POP!. Pac underwent another operation that started at 6:25PMand lasted an hour. However some fans refuse to believe the rap idol is really dead, and there have been numerous "sightings" over the past quarter of a century. I now work in the movie industry with film directors and producers, and no one really knows I took that picture. Tupac's final words revealed by police officer on scene of murder Ryan Reed, CNN Updated 3:04 PM EDT, Fri May 23, 2014 Link Copied! After they were let go Suge and Tupac headed East on Flamingo road where they stopped for a red light at Koval Lane, half mile from the Strip. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. For other inquiries, Contact Us. The gangsta rapper - who would have turned 51 today - spent six days in intensive care after a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas. Afeni made a positive identification of Tupacs body at 5:00PM. Back in 1996, me and a friend of mine drove down from LA to Las Vegas to go to the Mike Tyson fight. He was good friends with the editor of VIBE Magazine at the time, who also came to the office to see the picture. Tupac was shot twice in the chest and was also hit in the arm and thigh, reports said. I looked over and it was 2Pac and Suge. How Much and What Kind of Weed Did 2Pac Smoke Every Day? "See the way his right leg crosses strangely across the backside his left. We pay for your stories! On the 15th, he was mourned during a memorial service at The House of the Lord Pentecostal Church in Brooklyn, where he was still listed as a member of the congregation. I dont know how he got up there, I guess he was avoiding someone or a car and then came back down. Tupac was in lockdown in the hospital's Intensive Care Unit when the snapper managed to breach his personal security to take the deathbed photo. A PHOTO of Tupac Shakur lay dying in his hospital bed mysteriously disappeared just after it was taken - fuelling crackpot theories the rapper faked his own death. Davis was never arrested. Describing how his eyes were swollen and filled with mucus, she told Vanity Fair she heard him moan and saw his eyes open. The Cadillac turned right onto Koval Lane and vanished. "This could be because the photo was pixelated and is not HD but from what I see, the Machiavelli tattoo is not there. "I mean, when I left that hospital, me and Pac were laughing and joking," he told the documentary Who Shot Biggie & Tupac. Sgt Chris Carroll, the first Vegas police officer on the scene, insists Tupac lost consciousness moments after he pulled him from the car. Topless dancer-turned-model-turned reality TV star Anna. Suge reportedly told Tupac that he was going to get him to a hospitaland Tupac replied, I need a hospital? 2Pac was riding as a passenger in a car driven by. He claimed he did not recognised the gunmen. He was good friends with the editor of. "Tupac has too many fresh pictures. The gangsta rapper - who would have turned 51 today - spent six days in intensive care after a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas. ', "He looked at me and he took a breath to get the words out, and he opened his mouth, and I thought I was actually going to get some cooperation. A recent image circulated online, shows a man around Tupac's age, playing with three young boys. We had hung out with some of my coworkers. Heading to Club 662 There were some strange occurrences in Las Vegas according to the book written by Tupacs bodyguard Frank Alexander. That was pretty much the extent of my acquaintance with him. Suge got caught up in traffic, went up over a median, ran a red light and popped a couple tires on the center divider. There were a lot of onlookers. And he went from struggling to speak, being non cooperative, to an 'Im at peace' type of thing. This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. Tupac Shakur, an American rapper, was fatally shot on September 7, 1996, in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada. ", Hinting at suggestions his friend could have pulled a fast one, he continued: "Im gonna tell you that with Pac, you never know.". "The other thing I found suspicious about the autopsy picture is that Tupac was in a hospital in a coma for six days, but when you look at the autopsy picture that's leaked on Google images, his head is shaven and his face is shaven. In 2018, Suge Knight's son claimed Tupac is alive and living in Malaysia. 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