Nevada police have raided a home near Las Vegas as part of an investigation into the 1996 murder of hip-hop star Tupac Shakur, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said on Tuesday. . The rapper had been shot in the city almost thirty years ago. No additional information was given on the owner of the house or on the reasons which led the police to carry out this search.
In a news release, police said they could ‘confirm that a search warrant was issued in Henderson, Nevada on July 17, 2023, in connection with the ongoing Tupac homicide investigation. Shakur”. The department, whose jurisdiction includes the suburb of Henderson where the search was carried out, declined to provide further comment. Tupac Shakur was shot in a shooting on September 7, 1996 and died in hospital six days later at the age of 25. No arrests have been made in this case. The rapper, activist and actor was posthumously honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in June, after selling more than 75 million records worldwide.