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Tupac Shakur trial told gang leader ordered revenge killing - The Times

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Nearly 30 years after Tupac was shot leaving a Mike Tyson fight, a trial is now hearing that a gang leader ordered the revenge killing.

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Tupac Shakur trial told gang leader ordered revenge killing - The Times

Theory Briefing

  • A gang leader allegedly ordered Tupac's killing as an act of revenge, a claim now being tested in open court for the first time.
  • The murder on September 7, 1996 went unsolved for decades, spawning countless competing theories about who gave the order and why.
  • The trial offers the first official reckoning with a case that has fueled speculation, books, and documentaries for nearly 30 years.
  • Competing accounts of that night have long made it hard to separate witness testimony from myth built up over decades.