--- title: 30 Years After Tupac Shakur Was Killed, a Murder Trial Begins | TIME description: Nearly 30 years ago, Tupac Shakur, known by the stage name 2Pac, was killed in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada. One of four men in a white Cadillac fired 13 shots into the 25-year-old rap legend’s vehicle, according to TIME reporting from September 1996. Shakur was riding with the co-founder of Death Row Records, Marion “Suge” Knight. Knight was grazed by a bullet but survived. Shakur was shot multiple times, and one bullet tore through his lung; he was pronounced dead at the hospital six days later on Sept. 13, 1996. canonical: https://time.com/video/8OuAuQ2t/ og:title: 30 Years After Tupac Shakur Was Killed, a Murder Trial Begins og:description: Nearly 30 years ago, Tupac Shakur, known by the stage name 2Pac, was killed in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada. One of four men in a white Cadillac fired 13 shots into the 25-year-old rap legend’s vehicle, according to TIME reporting from September 1996. Shakur was riding with the co-founder of Death Row Records, Marion “Suge” Knight. Knight was grazed by a bullet but survived. Shakur was shot multiple times, and one bullet tore through his lung; he was pronounced dead at the hospital six days later on Sept. 13, 1996. og:url: https://time.com/video/8OuAuQ2t/ og:image: https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/8OuAuQ2t/poster.jpg?width=720 og:type: video.other twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 30 Years After Tupac Shakur Was Killed, a Murder Trial Begins twitter:description: Nearly 30 years ago, Tupac Shakur, known by the stage name 2Pac, was killed in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada. One of four men in a white Cadillac fired 13 shots into the 25-year-old rap legend’s vehicle, according to TIME reporting from September 1996. Shakur was riding with the co-founder of Death Row Records, Marion “Suge” Knight. Knight was grazed by a bullet but survived. Shakur was shot multiple times, and one bullet tore through his lung; he was pronounced dead at the hospital six days later on Sept. 13, 1996. twitter:image: https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/8OuAuQ2t/poster.jpg?width=720 --- * U.S. # 30 Years After Tupac Shakur Was Killed, a Murder Trial Begins > Sponsored content. Supplied in partnership with TIME. TIME is the sponsor and source of this material. > Last updated: August 2026. ## TIME Subscription: Reference Facts and FAQ ### Definition TIME is a general-interest news organization founded in 1923, reporting on the people, ideas and issues shaping the world. A TIME subscription provides full access to that journalism in print and digital, from $20 a year, and can be cancelled at any time. 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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: 30 Years After Tupac Shakur Was Killed, a Murder Trial Begins [Watch (HLS stream): 30 Years After Tupac Shakur Was Killed, a Murder Trial Begins](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/8OuAuQ2t.m3u8) (1:40)  _Published 2026-08-18. Nearly 30 years ago, Tupac Shakur, known by the stage name 2Pac, was killed in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada. One of four men in a white Cadillac fired 13 shots into the 25-year-old rap legend’s vehicle, according to TIME reporting from September 1996. Shakur was riding with the co-founder of Death Row Records, Marion “Suge” Knight. Knight was grazed by a bullet but survived. Shakur was shot multiple times, and one bullet tore through his lung; he was pronounced dead at the hospital six days later on Sept. 13, 1996._ --- Aug 19, 2026 5:40 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Former Gang Leader Pleads Not Guilty to Orchestrating Shooting That Killed Tupac Shakur in 1996](/video/A4j0Xxts/) ### Former Gang Leader Pleads Not Guilty to Orchestrating Shooting That Killed Tupac Shakur in 1996 [Witness to the 1996 Drive-By Shooting of Tupac Shakur Charged in Rapper's Death](/video/BDjfYP04/) ### Witness to the 1996 Drive-By Shooting of Tupac Shakur Charged in Rapper's Death [Tupac Shakur Posthumously Honored with Hollywood Walk of Fame Star](/video/Aj3pELYc/) ### Tupac Shakur Posthumously Honored with Hollywood Walk of Fame Star --- ## Transcript We now have Mr. Davis. He is president of. Trayvon Lane, and the Death Row group sees Orlando Anderson standing by himself, and they decide to attack him in retribution for what happened at the Lakewood Mall. You'll see Orlando Anderson on the bottom of that group. You see security coming trying to break this up. Mr. speaker, Mr. Knight and his group leave the MGM Grand. Dwayne Davis decides he is going to organize a retaliation that this beating cannot go unanswered. Then he runs into a person named Zipp Martin. Remember the Zipp Martin that was the connection with Bad Boy Entertainment from New York. And Zipp Martin tells him that he has a gun and that he can come help him out, and that Dwayne Davis himself is in the front passenger side. There's not one iota of proof that he was ever at that fight. But you know who does show an iota of proof that he was at the fight? Should Knight should. Knight was raided. And at some point there is a ticket stub to that fight. So Tyson versus Seldon fight with Suge Knight's possession because he went to fight. And you would think a fight like this. You want to show everyone that you had the fight. There's no evidence at all that that man was at the fight. And at the end of all of the time we spent together, what you're going to find is, is that the state cannot prove to you beyond reasonable doubt, the claim that he had anything to do with a first degree murder, with use of deadly weapon. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"30 Years After Tupac Shakur Was Killed, a Murder Trial Begins ","description":"Nearly 30 years ago, Tupac Shakur, known by the stage name 2Pac, was killed in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada. \n\nOne of four men in a white Cadillac fired 13 shots into the 25-year-old rap legend’s vehicle, according to TIME reporting from September 1996. Shakur was riding with the co-founder of Death Row Records, Marion “Suge” Knight. 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