After experiencing extreme temperatures and freakish hail storms on Monday, residents of Henderson in Clark County were treated to another drama that night. This time it was a convoy of SWAT and Las Vegas Metropolitan Police (LVMPD) that rolled into town to search a house in connection to the 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur.
opened up on the rapper with a semi-automatic gun just one block from the Las Vegas Strip
Two unknown assailants opened up on the rapper with a semi-automatic gun just one block from the Las Vegas Strip in 1996. The superstar rapper died six days later at the age of 25. Tupac had already survived a shooting two years earlier when he was robbed at Manhattan’s Quad Studio.
While authorities may have a potential new lead in the 27-year homicide cold case, they certainly weren’t giving anything away. All the LVMPD would divulge Monday was that the search warrant served on a property on Interstate 11 and Wagon Wheel Drive was part of the ongoing Tupac homicide probe.
The 1996 shooting occurred after Tupac was leaving a Mike Tyson vs Bruce Seldon boxing match at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino. No arrests have been made in relation to the incident.