I got so many calls, was offered to fly out to places, but I just didnt know what was going on. That was pretty much the extent of my acquaintance with him. Former Death Row Records security chief Reggie Wright Jnr claims a ghoul dressed as a hospital volunteer sneaked into the University Medical Center in Las Vegas to take the snap. It was a procession of cars, like two or three; there was a Lexus that the security guard was driving. He told the police that he could do a photo lineup for the shooters and gave the officers his number. So I went out to the valet to get my car so I could go pick up the food. Just minutes later, the rapper would be gunned down by unknown assailants. It was exploratory surgery, and his punctured right lung was removed to stop internal bleeding. Topless dancer-turned-model-turned reality TV star Anna. Some people even presumed the photos were never seen before. Dear Mama: The Saga of Afeni & Tupac Shakur passed 'Welcome to Wrexham' as FX's most watched unscripted debut in cross-platform viewers. We had hung out with some of my coworkers. "See the way his right leg crosses strangely across the backside his left. The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. He was good friends with the editor of VIBE Magazine at the time, who also came to the office to see the picture. They told them to get out of the car. 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. This picture has taken on its own life because conspiracy theorists think Pacs not dead, hes in Cuba somewhere, just from that picture. Tupac stepped up to Orlando and said You from the south? Tupac then punched him in the face knocking him on the ground, after which Suge and the Deathrow entourage proceeded to beat him. I saw it, and now hes dead. After several attempts to revive him, his mother Afeni, decided to let him rest. The second was that he ended up without his phone, and the third coincidence would come after the fight. ', "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. Tupac HOSPITAL Photo LEAKED Online. And at the weekend a video has emerged, apparently showing Tupac rapping on camera, with his trademark nose ring and shaven hair cut. 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. As he was being carried to the emergency room he said, Im dying. Tupac was admitted and listed in critical condition. 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. The cop asked for my information and I told him that I was there for the fight and that was it. I came to a light at Harmon Ave. and I looked over and saw some shiny rims on a BMW. When I found out Tupac had been shot I was shocked, I really wasnt expecting it. A late-model Cadillac with four men inside pulled up directly to the right of the BMW and sprayed 13 rounds into the car. While the idea of 2Pac being alive is exciting in theory, an autopsy photo taken of his body shortly after the shooting suggests otherwise. "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. Its interesting how you hear about people doing things with the TMZs and how people turn stories around, but now Im a part of it, and I know its real.. Frank Alexander said he had trouble getting Tupac to wear his vest, and that he wouldnt wear it very often, in fact Tupac didnt wear his vest the whole of that night, even though hed just been in a fight. Being friends with Pac, then hes laying in the hospital. He said he made eye contact with Tupac and Knight as he pulled alongside in a rented Cadillac. Maybe a few hours later, my phone started ringing from strange numbers, it was someone calling me from New York saying they heard that I had a picture of the crime scene. Then a photo resurfaced earlier this year, which appeared to show Tupac walking in public, wearing the same shirt he wore on the night he died. Sgt Chris Carroll, the first Vegas police officer on the scene, insists Tupac lost consciousness moments after he pulled him from the car. However, Wright Jnr claims the woman, who was dressed as a "candy-striper" (a hospital volunteer), was then collared by one of Tupac's closely-knit team and her camera was seized. 10:55 PM: Tupac rolled down the window and a photographer took their picture at a red light, this was to be the very last picture of Tupac alive. Like us on Facebook. He died days later. Tupac was shot twice in the chest and was also hit in the arm and thigh, reports said. Police reported that a .45 was shot, but its believed that information was withheld to identify the real shooter; apparently a .9mm was used. Do you know we all love you? - and said he nodded in response. They sat me down next to them and the detective pulled me to the side and said, I heard you were here at the scene and that you took a picture., The detective said hes going to have to confiscate the camera because there may be some things on there in the picture. 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. On the 14th, Afeni spread some of his ashes on a hill in L.A. and some on her garden. I dont know how he got up there, I guess he was avoiding someone or a car and then came back down. Two general assignment detectives took Polaroid pictures of Tupac at the morgue for a police training book, but later they were removed from the book and destroyed. This is what happened, in Rahimi's words, between the shooting and Tupac's death in a hospital bed at 4:03 p.m. on September 13, 1996. An informant told police it was connected with the killing of Tupac, others said it was over money. He had a flat tire; the car started limping. She then asked: Do you know I love you? Im sitting down next to my truck and one cop comes by and asks, Are you with them?, No, I was just here at the light, then I saw all of these cars pull up and all these police pull up.. It was a procession of cars, like two or three; there was a Lexus that the security guard was driving. I worked on a Nas videowhere they used the picture I took in the video, and I didnt tell the director, I just kept it to myself. Investigators actually confiscated Jeffersons camera as evidence, jeopardizing the photos very existence from seeing the light of day. He also had a gunshot wound to a right finger with a fracture. at the time, who also came to the office to see the picture. Another pulled me out of the car and laid me on the ground. However Death Records music boss Suge Knight - who was wounded in the same attack - has told a different version. We pay for your stories! And thats when I looked at him and said one more time, 'Who shot you? Deathrow would not allow her access to the tapes as David Kenner, Deathrows lawyer and Suges right hand man, denied her the tapes. (8:39 PM). We pay for videos too. Rumors surrounding the shooting have Orlandos Anderson with Jerry Bonds driving the white Cadillac while Dwayne Keith Davis (Keefee D) was the shooter. Many people were in awe over the clarity of the images. ', "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. Tupac Shakur spent six days fighting for his life in hospital - and what happened there is as mysterious as his murder. The chaos was still going on when the ambulance pulled up. In the crackpot clip an arrow points towards a person who is supposedly Tupac. I was like three or four cars back at a light. POP!. 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But The files, which have been kept private for 24 years, have now been published and . An alleged photo of him dying in his hospital bed that is said to have mysteriously disappeared just after it was taken also stoked theories the rapper faked his death. Who Was Biggie Smalls aka Big Dric from 2Pacs God Bless The Dead? Following the September 7, 1996 ill-fated Mike Tyson vs. Bruce Seldon fight, Pac and Suge Knight cruised on the Vegas strip in the Death Row Records CEOs 96 black BMW 750iL when a then, 29-year-old UCLA film school student named Leonard Jefferson had an encounter with the soon-to-be-dead rap icon that would go on to become part of an urban legend bigger than the both of them. I know its real. shot in a drive-by on the Las Vegas strip on Sept. 7, 1996, Suge Knight has said on multiple occasions that Tupac is still alive, Suge Knight's son claimed Tupac is alive and living in Malaysia. They did an autopsy which determined that Tupac didnt have any illegal drugs in his body, but was heavily sedated. I said, Whats going on? But they wouldnt tell me. "This could be because the photo was pixelated and is not HD but from what I see, the Machiavelli tattoo is not there. Somethings up, you stay here. He was also upset because he couldnt find the Outlaws, who were supposed to be at the Tyson fight. I walk back into the casino and my friend is still at the same table I left him at. Heading to Club 662 There were some strange occurrences in Las Vegas according to the book written by Tupacs bodyguard Frank Alexander. For 18 years, no one has known what this lyrical genius' final mortal words were. Police, ambulance and the fire department arrived on the scene that was in total chaos. 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. Rare Photo from Baltimore, 1987, 1993-12-16 Throwback: Rare Video When Tupac Accused the Media Of Trying to Bring His Career Down, How Tupac Shakurs Love for Boxing Led Him to Visit Casinos. I still think about it, more so now. "One day, the person behind Tupacs account will post a picture of him holding iPhone 13," another Twitter user captioned a photo of Tupac in the 1992 film Juice. Who shot you? And he basically kept ignoring me. It has previously been reported that Suge Knight claimed Tupac talked about faking his death just weeks before he was shot. 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. We got back to the Strip and I saw that Suge went up on the curb. One photograph even emerged which is said to show Tupac the day AFTER the shooting showing him casually strolling through a car park. Also on this day two more Bloods were shot and killed in the area by an assailant who fled on foot. Cops complained Knight gave them "no information of value" in identifying the suspects in case files unearthed by The Sun. The gangsta rapper - who would have turned 51 today & : r/eyeblech nishiioffical NSFW DJ Skandalous also questioned the authenticity of autopsy photos that were allegedly leaked online. Here he met Michael Stone, also a crip, who was with his nephew, Jerry Stone. Carroll rode with him in the ambulance to the University Medical Centre of Southern Nevada, but said he never woke up. "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. Although Tupac was transported from the site of the crime, the aftermath didnt get any less hectic. "I mean, when I left that hospital, me and Pac were laughing and joking," he told the documentary Who Shot Biggie & Tupac. Security footage showed several people kicking Anderson on the floor and a man believed to have been the rapper and his pals then dashing out of the casino. Complex Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Some other interesting points was that no helicopter was called in to look for the Cadillac, the crime scene was destroyed, trained bodyguards couldnt give an accurate description and it happened just off the strip with no witnesses. "I mean, when I left that hospital, me and Pac were laughing and joking," he told documentary Who Shot Biggie & Tupac. Suge was sentenced to nine years in prison, however he got out early and is now a free man. ', "After that, he started gurgling and slipping out of consciousness. further proof Tupac was not the patient lying in the hospital bed. Who shot you? And he basically kept ignoring me. Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO). I just didnt know what was going on, but I mentioned that I had just taken a picture of 2Pac. Wild conspiracies claim he faked his own autopsy picture and is now living with his fugitive aunt in Cuba. I was literally there until about 4:30, 5 Oclock in the morning. The cops turned and followed Suge down the road instead of securing the crime scene. 13 I got on my phone and called California Pizza Kitchen to cancel my order. How did you find me?. The bodyguard thought it was Suges friends, who were mostly members of the street gang known as The Bloods. CONTRASTING accounts of Tupac Shakur's final days in hospital have added fresh fuel to conspiracy theories that he faked his death. He was 25 years old. Tupacs Shooter in N.Y., 1994, Kidada Jones: Tupac Was The Love Of My Life., The Real Story Inspired Tupac for Brendas Got a Baby. CONTRASTING accounts of Tupac Shakur's final days in hospital have added fresh fuel to conspiracy theories that he faked his death. Suge Knight has said on multiple occasions that Tupac is still alive. I took the picture. Frank Alexander, Pacs bodyguard had been at Suges house, and Suge was mad at him and blaming him for not having his gun with him. Official accounts from doctors and police say Tupac slipped into unconsciousness as he was put in an ambulance and never woke up. The Story of Tupacs Shooting With Police Officers in Atlanta and Danny Boy: Snoop Dogg Never Came To See Pac In The Deep Dive Series: The Biggie & 2Pac Case Files: Waymond Suave Deep Dive Series: The Biggie & 2Pac Case Files: Amir Muhammad, Deep Dive Series: The Biggie & 2Pac Case Files: Did Law Deep Dive Series: The Biggie & 2Pac Case Files: Mystery of Kurt Kobane Goes Through The Final Hours of Pacs Life, The First Cop Arrived At Tupacs Shooting Ends Conspiracy Theories. They were paid interviews; at the time I could have used the money, but I didnt know what it was going to be. On the 27th, he sent Yaasmyn Fula, who managed his business affairs, to the studio to get tapes of what he was done. The BMW was covered with blood and pieces of gold (from Tupacs jewelry), and also had two flat tires. "And thats when I looked at him and said one more time, 'Who shot you? Orlando and the Stones were all fatally injured. "And then all of a sudden in the snap of a finger, he changed. He was shot 2 years later in an incident outside a car wash. The rapper died aged 25 in 1996 after being shot in Las Vegas. He then runs to catch Suge Knight. It was the same night Tupac and his entourage became embroiled in the fight which many believe cost the rapper his life. He asked me what I wanted to do, I said I didnt know. There were reports that gunfire was returned, but this has been debated and has not been verified completely. One guy had a knee on my back. I told him how the police jacked me up, then let me go. Tupac was hit four times and rushed to University Medical Center. The gangsta rapper - who would have turned 51 today - spent six days in intensive care after a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas. I had a 96 Chevy Suburban. It made a wide U-turn right in the middle of the street and started following Suge. 2Pac discussed plans to "move away" from music just months before his murder. Who killed Tupac Shakur? In a prior incident in a Lakewood Mall, Orlando Anderson stole Travon Lanes Death Row medallion that happened to be a personal give from Suge Knight. "You'll let Tupac rest, it's all Photoshop," the Twitter user captioned the post. It was a few days after I got back that I called the detective and asked about the film. As a result the scene and evidence was ran over and dispersed through traffic. Tupac's finacee Kidada Jones also said Tupac woke up - but only briefly when she played Don McLeans Vincent on a CD player next to his bed. I dont know how he got up there, I guess he was avoiding someone or a car and then came back down. For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click this link: thesun.co.uk/editorial-complaints/, Cops say Tupac Shakur was shot dead in September 1996 but not everybody is convinced, The rapper was taken to the University Medical Center, Las Vegas, after being shot, Reggie Wright Jnr said the photographer posed as as stripper to beat security, Tupac (centre) pictured on CCTV on the night he was gunned down, This image claims to be of Tupac taken the day after he was shot in Las Vegas, The rapper was seen wearing a very similar shirt the day of his shooting, Rap record label mogul Suge Knight claims Tupac talked about faking his death, The bullet-riddled car Tupac and Knight were travelling in when the rapper was fatally wounded. All of a sudden I see the black BMW turn around and take off. 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. The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. 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. I was just looking to see what was going on. 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Members of his entourage who kept a vigil at his bedside claim he was "laughing and joking" shortly before his death. 1996-06-19 / Day 6 One Nation Project. And then the words came out: 'F*** you. Its interesting how you hear about people doing things with the TMZs and how people turn stories around, but now Im a part of it, and I know its real. Danny added: "After he got into a fight with Orlando Anderson he went to his room and changed into the green tank top, the one we saw him wearing when he was sitting in the BMW with Suge . I did a couple interviews but I turned down anything on TV. And fans reckon there are way too many holes in the story, with many convinced Tupac faked his own death. Tupac saw it going down and tried to jump into the back seat. Tupac changed from tan silk shirt and jeans to a basketball top and sweat pants and wore his Euphanasia Medallion. The BMW in which Tupac was riding headed down Flamingo Road, towards the intersection of Koval Lane when a white 4-door cadillac with California plates rolled up to the passenger side of the vehicle. It was said that there were some problems between Deathrows lawyer and Suges right hand man, David Kenner and Tupac. Pac died [a few days later], Friday the 13th. YouTuber DJ Skandalousclaimed there are discrepancies all over the place on the coroners report. Tupac had previously been charged for shooting two off duty officers in the rear end after they harassed him for jay walking. When I think about the night now, there was a lot of irony. And then the words came out: 'F*** you. 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%. He said, Mr. I said, Alright, coolhey, let me grab a picture really quick. My camera was in the center console so I just grabbed it, then snapped that picture. 8:45 PM:While walking through the lobby of the MGM grand after the fight the entourage noticed Orlando Anderson. Tupac lost 22 oz of blood on the way to the hospital. 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. Tupac proposes to setup their crimes on a drug dealer because nobody will care. At that point, an ambulance showed up, and he went into unconsciousness.". POP!. Anderson died in 1998. 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. Hammer and Snoop Dogg Rapper Tupac Shakur performs onstage with the hip hop group "Digital Underground" in 1991 in Los Angeles, California. Tupac Shakur, the brilliant but tortured rap artist whose lyrics told of a life of guns, gangs and regrets, died Friday in a Las Vegas hospital, six days after he was . Sgt Carroll went with him in the ambulance to the University Medical Centre of Southern Nevada, and said he never woke up. Yafeu Fula (Yaki Kadafi of the Outlawz) had been in the car behind the BMW with bodyguards. We had hung out with some of my coworkers. In 243 pages of previously unseen police documents, obtained by The Sun, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police state that the still unsolved probe was flawed from the start after witnesses to the 1996 shooting - including Suge Knight and Tupac's family members - provided no useful information to them. You can WhatsApp us on 07810 791 502. While many people were puzzled by the freshness of the photos, not everyone was feeding into the conspiracy. We were speeding, maneuvering through the trafficI just got caught up in the moment. He is also bald and has a similarly-shaped face and beard to the late star. 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. As he sped off looking for a hospital, Tupac told him: You the one they shot in the head. In the 1996 Las Vegas shooting, the police department claimed that the witnesses werent cooperating. COMPLEX participates in various affiliate marketing programs, which means COMPLEX gets paid commissions on purchases made through our links to retailer sites. Davis was never arrested. Anderson, in the back seat, is said to have fired at least 15 shots with a Glock pistol. If you can hear me, move your feet," she told him, then saw the sheets started rustling at the foot of the bed. It really became emotional for me. She told Vanity Fair how she heard him moan and saw his eyes open. Wild conspiracies claim he faked his own autopsy picture and is now living with his fugitive aunt in Cuba. I know its real. DJ Skandalous also questioned the authenticity of autopsy photos that were allegedly leaked online. I worked on a Nas video. When I got my car the strip was packed traffic was moving slowly, bumper to bumper. "And thats when I looked at him and said one more time, 'Who shot you? If you can hear me, move your feet," she told him, then saw the sheets started rustling at the foot of the bed. Tupac Shakur . It turned out to be the last picture taken of 2Pac while he was still alive. He was wheeled into the recovery area and was resuscitated according to advanced trauma life support protocol and a full trauma activation was called. A thing I noticed about the autopsy picture is the Machiavelli tattoo that he had on his neck was missing, he said. That was pretty much the extent of my acquaintance with him. 11:05 PM: They were cruising down the strip playing Tupacs album The Don Killuminati The 7 Day Theorywhenthey were stopped for playing the stereo too loud and not displaying proper plates.
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