LAS VEGAS — SHAKUR, The arrest of a couple by Las Vegas SWAT personnel during a nighttime house raid in July in connection with the unsolved murder of rapper Tupac Shakur was caught on police lapel cameras.
The pair’s faces were obscured as the cops shouted orders to “come out with your hands up and your hands empty!” in the 24 heavily censored recordings The Associated Press received on Thursday. The films do not look for the residence or identify the couple.
However, according to a copy of the search warrant, investigators were looking for information “concerning the murder” of Shakur from Duane “Keffe D” Davis, one of the few living witnesses to a tragedy that has captivated the public for years.
The probe is being kept under wraps by the authorities. They haven’t provided any details about the long-abandoned case, including why they got a warrant today to take goods from a man known to detectives, beyond a terse statement issued last month confirming their raid in the adjacent city of Henderson.
The uncle of one of Shakur’s well-known enemies, Davis, a self-described “gangster” now 60 years old, was initially thought to be a suspect in the police probe.
Las Vegas SWAT personnel arrested a couple during a nighttime house raid in July in connection with the unsolved murder of rapper Tupac Shakur.
The couple could be seen leaving the garage with a spotlight on them in the recently made public videos after a SWAT officer continuously proclaimed their arrival on the megaphone.
The policeman explained, “It’s the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.” “We have a warrant for a search. You must exit with your hands raised and your pockets bare.
According to one of the videos, another officer called the woman and advised her to maintain her composure and leave through the garage.
The SWAT officer instructed her, “I want you to stay on the phone with me.” “Open that door, please.”
The woman said, “Please don’t shoot me.
The man and lady approached the policemen one at a time, their hands on their heads, as they slowly descended the driveway and into the neighborhood’s whirlwind of red and blue police lights.
“Who are you seeking? Me?” As the officers zip-tied his hands behind his back, the man spoke. He wore a black shirt, tank top, and dark shorts.
Las Vegas SWAT personnel arrested a couple during a nighttime house raid in July in connection with the unsolved murder of rapper Tupac Shakur.
When the man was asked for his name, the audio in the video was shut off. He claimed that the only people inside the house were him and his wife.
It was not immediately obvious if Davis had a lawyer who could make a statement on his behalf, and messages left on the phones of Davis and his wife that were publicly listed did not get a response.
The real police search is not depicted in the videos. A copy of Davis’ 2019 tell-all memoir, “Compton Street Legend,” as well as numerous computers, a mobile, a hard drive, a magazine that featured Tupac Shakur, and several others. According to the search warrant, 40-caliber bullets and “tubs containing photographs” were also reportedly found.
In the book, Davis claimed that in a private meeting with federal and local officials in 2010, he first broke his silence on Tupac’s murder. When he consented to meet with them, he was 46 and faced a life sentence for drug-related offenses.
Davis wrote that if I aided them, they would destroy the indictment and stop the grand jury.
Shakur was shot and killed on September 7, 1996, while standing at a stop sign near the Las Vegas Strip in a BMW driven by Marion “Suge” Knight, the founder of Death Row Records. Gunfire broke out as a white Cadillac drew up beside them, striking Shakur multiple times. A week later, the 25-year-old rapper passed away.
Las Vegas SWAT personnel arrested a couple during a nighttime house raid in July in connection with the unsolved murder of rapper Tupac Shakur.
In his autobiography, Davis acknowledged being in the Cadillac. He accused his nephew Orlando Anderson of being one of the two passengers in the back of the car where the bullets were fired and claimed he “tossed” the weapon used in the attack into the back seat.
The altercation, which involved Anderson, Shakur, and others earlier in the evening in a casino, erupted shortly after the shooting.
Anderson denies having any part in the murder of Shakur. Two years later, he passed away in a shooting in Compton, California. Davis claims that he is the sole surviving eyewitness of the four guys in the Cadillac in his memoir. Knight, who survived the drive-by shooting, is currently doing time in jail in California for killing a man in 2015 by running him over with a pickup truck.
SOURCE – (AP)
