Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ranar 7 ga Satumba, 1996, an harbe Tupac Shakur a cikin harbi na drive-by
a mahaɗan titin Flamingo da Koval Lane a Las Vegas, Nevada. An kai shi Cibiyar Kiwon Lafiya ta Jami'ar Kudancin Nevada, inda ya mutu bayan kwana shida. A shekara ta 2002, Chuck Phillips ya rubuta labarin "Wanene Ya Kashe Tupac Shakur?" yana ba da rahoton cewa, "wannan harbi ya faru ne ta hanyar ƙungiyar Compton da ake kira Southside Crips don ɗaukar fansa ga bugun daya daga cikin membobinta da Shakur ya yi 'yan sa'o'i kaɗan da suka gabata... Orlando Anderson, Crip wanda Shakur ya kai hari, ya yi harbe-harben da ya kashe shi. 'Yan sandan Las Vegas sun yi watsi da Anderson a matsayin wanda ake zargi kuma sun yi hira da shi sau ɗaya kawai, a takaice. Daga baya aka kashe shi a cikin "harbin 'yan bindiga da ba shi da alaƙa" kusan shekaru 2 bayan haka a ranar 29 ga Mayu, 1998. Labarin Phillips da kuma bin sa, "Yadda Binciken 'Yan Sanda na Vegas ya yi rauni a cikin Tupac Shakur Case" ya kuma shafi rappers na Gabas ta Gabas ciki har da Biggie Smalls.