2Pac’s murder remains unsolved over two decades after it took place, but Allen Huges maintains the identity of his killer was never unclear to those who actually knew the late rapper.
On Wednesday (July 19), the filmmaker joined ABC News‘ Linsey Davis to discuss the multi-decade conundrum surrounding ‘Pac’s death and the renewed efforts in its investigation. Whereas a culprit has yet to be officially charged, Hughes said that there were never any doubts as to who was responsible for the crime.
“In the community, as we know, and in the streets, there was never a mystery to who killed 2Pac,” he said. “It was always about Las Vegas law enforcement closing the case on this.”
The Dear Mama director clarified: “What happened that night at the MGM Grand Casino and that violent incident that 2Pac and gang had with that individual — again, that guy, everyone knows, came back and shot 2Pac.”
The 1996 killing is once again being investigated, with Las Vegas police recently seizing several items that may lead to charges being filed. on Monday night (July 17), the authorities executed a search warrant on a home in Henderson, Nevada as part of the long-dormant homicide investigation into the rap icon’s death.
It was later revealed that the home belonged to a woman named Paula Clemons, who is married to Duane “Keefe D” Davis, the uncle of ‘Pac’s alleged killer, Orlando Anderson.
According to ABC News, police recovered various items during their search of the property, including computers, hard drives and magazine articles.
They also retrieved pictures from the 1990s of individuals who might have been connected to people directly or indirectly involved in the shooting, as well as copies of Davis’ 2019 book Compton Street Legend, in which he discusses 2Pac’s murder.
Footage of the search shows Las Vegas Metro PD SWAT using a bullhorn while ordering a woman and a man to come out with their hands up (via TMZ).
While police are viewing the search as a “success,” detectives doubt any of the belongings could present a direct link between the target of the investigation and the drive-by shooting that killed 2Pac in Las Vegas in September 1996.
The evidence is now being presented to a Las Vegas grand jury, although a police official said it could take months for them to decide whether to indict anyone.
Investigators have long believed that the gunman is likely already dead (Anderson was killed during an unrelated gang shooting in 1998), but they’re hoping they can at least determine who was in the car when the fatal shots were fired. That could lead to someone being charged as an accomplice.
2Pac (real name Tupac Shakur) was shot multiple times in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas near the intersection of East Flamingo Road and Koval Lane on September 7, 1996, dying from his injuries six days later.
Not quite……but……
“That’s the sound of my tool, you say it ain’t cool?
But mama didn’t raise no fool
And as long as I stay black, I gotta stay strapped
And I never get to lay back
‘Cause I always got to worry ’bout the pay backs
Some buck that I roughed up way back
Comin’ back after all these years
Rat-a-tat, tat, tat, tat, that’s the way it is” – TUPAC, “Changes”
and…..
“And as an MC you will study verbal magic
BUT WATCH WHAT YOU SAY CAUSE YOU”LL ATTRACT IT
Control your subconscious magnet from PULLIN IN HAVOC
Who am I? THE MC” KRS ONE, “THE MC”
Baby Lane did it long ago…RIP🤭
Shut your dumb ass up! You’re obviously fighting with your boyfriend if you’re on here saying stupid things.
the whole atmosphere was toxic a lot of tension they wouldn’t think twice about shooting a heffa east versus west but hey a fight then on the same night boom boom what do you say just tragic
Now he talking about PAC now….🤣 The government had something to do with Tupac getting killed. They making y’all believe it was a gang situation and east vs west. Ain’t nobody get locked up for his murder yet and nobody will……RIP Pac, Yak, Fatal, Syke and Afeni…
If lvmp detained and charged a rival gang member with tupas murder, what the he’ll do you think would’ve happened? It was a very sensitive situation that had to be treated carefully, to say the least. An all out war, riots in the prisons and the streets… cmon.. you know lvmpd handled the badest gangs ever.. the best they could. Anyone could.
Everybody saw the footage where Pac and his crew are beating and stomping on Orlando Anderson because Pac tried to snatch his chain. It was a fight of 7 people against 1 and it was INSTIGATED BY PAC. Of course a retaliation was due. What did yall expect?? Everybody feels sorry for Pac and blaming Orlando Anderson but Pac had it coming. Of course when someone is killed it is always sad and terrible. A human loss is a tragedy. But stop acting like Pac was innocent and some kind of angel who did not do shxt in the first place.
It all stemmed from Orlando and the Crips at the behest of Puffy and his associates stomping out Death Row dudes at the mall a couple of months before for a Death Row chain to wear in a Bad Boy video. He had that ass whooping coming.
Orlando snatched a Death Row chain prior and that’s why he got beat down.
Well put
I think a lot of people had never been to Vegas back then too, so they couldn’t understand how this happened so quickly in a city like that. Vegas is a small big city, and everything happens in the vicinity of that strip. You could see how it was easy for them to get their getback that quickly if you’ve been out there. It’s not like trying to catch up with somebody in traffic in LA or New York or some shit.
Let the man Rest in Peace 🙌🏾🤲🏾🙏🏾
Let the man Rest in Peace 🙌🏾🤲🏾🙏🏾
Let the man Rest in Peace 🙌🏾🤲🏾🙏🏾 bye don’t do it smfh😥😭
Everyone knows Orlando Anderson did it there’s no secret…R.I.P pac the goat 🐐 for ever till the end of time….💯💯🫡🫡🫡