Suit is part of effort to hold suspect and any still unknown perpetrators accountable, says rapper’s stepbrother
The stepbrother of Tupac Shakur has filed a lawsuit against the man set to go on trial for the rapper’s 1996 killing. The suit is part of an effort to hold the alleged killer and any still unknown perpetrators accountable, Maurice Shakur says.
“Many individuals who were involved have long since passed away, while others have been hard to identify,” the suit states. “Yet, one thing is certain: there remain individuals who were involved in Tupac’s murder who, for 30 years, have not been held accountable for their crimes.”
The wrongful death suit filed by Maurice Shakur against Duane “Keffe D” Davis and dozens of unnamed co-conspirators seeks damages and to reveal “the specific nature and extent of each individual’s involvement – and the identities of additional individuals” who were involved.
Shakur was gunned down just off the Las Vegas strip on 7 September 1996 after attending a Mike Tyson fight at the MGM Grand hotel. He was traveling to an afterparty with a group that included Death Row Records founder Marion “Suge” Knight, when a white Cadillac pulled up next to their BMW at a red light and fired eight shots. Shakur was hit four times and died days later.
