Map: The location where Tupac Shakur was shot
East Flamingo Road, Las Vegas, NV 89109
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The location where Tupac Shakur was shot
Shooting Location in Las Vegas, Nevada
This is the Las Vegas intersection where Tupac Shakur was gunned down in 1996. Six days later, the rapper passed away from his injuries at the age of 25.
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Shakur's last photograph
Image source: Leonard Jefferson
This was the last photograph of Shakur.
A man named Leonard Jefferson took it just moments before the shooting took place.
Jefferson said that he snapped the photo at the intersection between Las Vegas Boulevard and East Harmon Avenue.
When the traffic lights turned green, the entourage continued north on Las Vegas Boulevard before turning right onto East Flamingo Road.
In the photo, you can see that Shakur is wearing a green satin basketball jersey. After hearing about the assault at the MGM Grand, his girlfriend, Kidada Jones, implored him to wear a bulletproof vest. However, he refused to do so because it was too warm.
Had he taken her advice, it is likely that he would have survived.
Club 662
The entourage was traveling to Club 662 at 1700 East Flamingo Road when the shooting occurred.
At the time, the nightclub was owned by Suge Knight. An after-fight party had been planned for the evening, and 2Pac was due to perform at midnight.
The intersection that Suge drove to after the shooting
Despite suffering a head wound from a ricochet bullet, Knight was still able to drive. Immediately after the shooting, he did a U-turn on Flamingo Road and drove back in the direction that they originally came from.
The car was then pulled over by police at the intersection between Las Vegas Boulevard and Harmon Avenue.
It is worth pointing out that all of the photographs of Shakur's BMW were taken at this location, not the intersection where he was shot.
University Medical Center
Shakur was rushed to the University Medical Center on Wellness Way.
A hospital spokesperson stated that his injuries were "very severe" and "very traumatic."
The medical team at UMC was forced to sedate the rapper and place him in a medically induced coma after he repeatedly attempted to get out of his hospital bed.
While he was fighting for his life, TV crews and fans stood outside the hospital. Members of his entourage also maintained a presence in case his attackers attempted to "finish the job."
On September 9th, Shakur underwent a series of operations to remove his right lung. Four days later, on September 13th, he went into cardiac arrest due to respiratory failure.
Although doctors attempted to revive him, they were unable to put a stop to his internal bleeding. Consequently, his mother, Afeni Shakur, decided to cease medical treatment.
Tupac Shakur was pronounced dead at exactly 4.03 p.m.
The rapper's death came as a huge shock to many.
In 1994, he survived being shot five times at the Quad Studios in New York. Consequently, many people expected him to pull through again.
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