Tupac Shakur - News: Las Vegas police search home in connection with historic murder of hip hop star

Graeme Massie

Las Vegas police confirmed Tuesday (18 July) that it has issued a search warrant in connection with the unsolved murder of rapper Tupac Shakur.

Shakur (also known by his stage name 2Pac) was fatally shot in September 1996 in a drive-by shooting in the Nevada city; he was 25.

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department told The Associated Press that a search warrant was executed for a home in the nearby city of Henderson. Police made entry into the home on 17 July; however, no further details on the search have been made available at this time.

No arrests have ever been made in the case.

Shakur had attended a boxing match with the now-incarcerated record executive Suge Knight in Vegas when a car pulled up alongside theirs on Las Vegas Boulevard and opened fire.

The rapper was struck four times in the shooting and died six days later from internal bleeding.

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Hologram Tupac appeared at 2012 Coachella with Snoop Dogg

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A hologram of deceased rapper Tupac Shakur performs onstage during day 3 of the 2012 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Field on April 15, 2012 in Indio, California. (Getty)
A hologram of deceased rapper Tupac Shakur performs onstage during day 3 of the 2012 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Field on April 15, 2012 in Indio, California. (Getty)
Rapper Snoop Dogg (L) and a hologram of deceased Tupac Shakur perform onstage during day 3 of the 2012 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Field on April 15, 2012 in Indio, California. (Getty)
Rapper Snoop Dogg (L) and a hologram of deceased Tupac Shakur perform onstage during day 3 of the 2012 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Field on April 15, 2012 in Indio, California. (Getty)
A hologram of deceased rapper Tupac Shakur performs onstage during day 3 of the 2012 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Field on April 15, 2012 in Indio, California. (Getty)
A hologram of deceased rapper Tupac Shakur performs onstage during day 3 of the 2012 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Field on April 15, 2012 in Indio, California. (Getty)

Tupac Shakur in murals

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A wall dedicated to the memory of US rapper Tupac Shakur is seen on May 26, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (AFP via Getty Images)
A wall dedicated to the memory of US rapper Tupac Shakur is seen on May 26, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (AFP via Getty Images)
A man walks by a mural of the late rapper Tupac Shakur in the Harlem area of New York City on May 5, 2020. (AFP via Getty Images)
A man walks by a mural of the late rapper Tupac Shakur in the Harlem area of New York City on May 5, 2020. (AFP via Getty Images)

Las Vegas police serve search warrant in connection with Tupac Shakur murder

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‘California Love’ rapper was fatally shot in 1996. A killer was never charged.

Las Vegas police serve search warrant in connection with Tupac Shakur murder

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Tupac Shakur’s tragic death

Tuesday 18 July 2023 23:55 , Graeme Massie

Who was Orlando Anderson?

Tuesday 18 July 2023 23:23 , Graeme Massie

Las Vegas police have previously investigated reputed gang member, Orlando Anderson, for the shooting, according to The Los Angeles Times.

Anderson was shot and killed in a drug-related gunfight at a car wash in Compton, California, in May 1998.

Investigators believe that on the night of Shakur’s killing, Anderson was involved in a physical altercation with the rapper, Suge Knight and his bodyguards.

Anderson, 21, was a member of the Southside Crips, while Shakur and Knight were affiliated with a rival Compton gang, the Mob Piru Bloods.

LVMPD statement on search in Henderson

Tuesday 18 July 2023 22:38 , Graeme Massie

“LVMPD can confirm a search warrant was served in Henderson, Nevada on July 17, 2023, as part of the ongoing Tupac Shakur homicide investigation. We will have no further comment at this time.”

Police in Nevada search home in Tupac Murder probe

Tuesday 18 July 2023 22:25 , Graeme Massie

FILE - Rapper Tupac Shakur attends a voter registration event in South Central Los Angeles, Aug. 15, 1996. Authorities in Nevada confirmed Tuesday, July 18, 2023, that they served a search warrant this week in connection with the long-unsolved killing of the late rapper Shakur. (AP)
FILE - Rapper Tupac Shakur attends a voter registration event in South Central Los Angeles, Aug. 15, 1996. Authorities in Nevada confirmed Tuesday, July 18, 2023, that they served a search warrant this week in connection with the long-unsolved killing of the late rapper Shakur. (AP)

Development comes a month after unveiling of star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Tuesday 18 July 2023 22:13 , Graeme Massie

A portrait of US rapper Tupac Shakur is displayed at his unveiled star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony in Hollywood, California, on June 7, 2023. (AFP via Getty Images)
A portrait of US rapper Tupac Shakur is displayed at his unveiled star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony in Hollywood, California, on June 7, 2023. (AFP via Getty Images)
Sekyiwa Shakur, sister of US rapper Tupac Shakur, and Mopreme Shakur, step brother of US rapper Tupac Shakur, unveil Tupac's star during his Hollywood Walk of Fame star ceremony in Hollywood, California, on June 7, 2023. (AFP via Getty Images)
Sekyiwa Shakur, sister of US rapper Tupac Shakur, and Mopreme Shakur, step brother of US rapper Tupac Shakur, unveil Tupac's star during his Hollywood Walk of Fame star ceremony in Hollywood, California, on June 7, 2023. (AFP via Getty Images)

Tupac Shakur live blog

Tuesday 18 July 2023 22:02 , Graeme Massie

Welcome to a live blog covering the execution of a search warrant by Las Vegas police.

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