Las Vegas Metro police searched a house on Monday in connection with its ongoing investigation into Tupac Shakur’s death, according to police, who confirmed the search to 8 News Now. According to reports, the home is located in Henderson near Interstate 11 and Wagon Wheel Drive.
“Las Vegas Metro Police Department can confirm a search warrant was served in Henderson, Nevada on July 17, 2023, as part of the ongoing Tupac Shakur homicide investigation,” authorities told The Messenger in a statement on Tuesday. “We will have no further comment at this time,” they added.
Shakur was shot and died a block from the Las Vegas Strip in September 1996. His murder is still unsolved. The rapper was 25 years old at the time of death.
Shakur was shot to death while sitting in his black BMW at a stop sign on Flamingo Road and Koval Lane. The incident happened soon after 11 p.m. as the 25-year-old rapper was exiting a Mike Tyson boxing bout at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino.
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Suge Knight, the head of his record label Death Row Records, and he were traveling in a BMW when they came under fire from an unidentified assailant. Tupac received four shots, one of which struck him in the chest. After being transported, he passed away six days later at the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada.
There have been several theories regarding his murder. One theory claims that the shooting was payback for a shooting six days prior, in which Orlando “Baby Lane” Anderson, a friend of Tupac, was killed.
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According to a different theory, the shooting was carried out by Crips gang members, who were enemies of Tupac’s gang, the Bloods. Numerous books and movies have been written on the incident, and Tupac even has a museum in his hometown of New York City.
