![]() Six months later, Shakur’s rap rival, Christopher Wallace, was murdered in similar circumstances in Los Angeles. On September 13, 1996, however, Tupac Shakur died of his wounds. ![]() Emergency surgery at University Medical Center saved Shakur’s life that night, and in the days following, doctors announced that his chances of recovery had improved. At least 12 shots were fired, four of which struck Shakur and one of which grazed the head of Suge Knight. Hours later, Shakur was riding as a passenger in a car driven by Death Row Records head Marian “Suge” Knight when a white Cadillac pulled up alongside them at a stoplight on Flamingo Road and opened fire. ![]() ![]() In Las Vegas on September 7, 1996, for the Mike Tyson-Bruce Seldon boxing match, Shakur and others in his entourage were captured on tape in the lobby of the MGM Grand hotel engaging in a violent scuffle with a man later identified as a member of the Los Angeles-based Crips street gang. ![]()
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