Timeline
of the '96 Shooting
Club 662
Saturday, Sept. 7
2:30 p.m. -
Tupac Shakur arrives by car in Las Vegas.
5:30 p.m. -
People start lining up at Club 662, 1700 E. Flaming Road, where Tupac Shakur
and Mike Tyson are to appear after the boxing match.
8:30 p.m. -
People start leaving the Mike Tyson - Bruce Seldon fight that was held at
the MGM Grand. Tupac Shakur attended the fight which started at 8 p.m. Tyson
was declared the winner after 109 seconds in the ring with Seldon.
8:30 to 9 p.m. -
Shakur and his bodyguards are involved in a physical scuffle with a man,
later identified as Orlando Anderson of Compton, Calif., near the hotel's
Grand Garden. Police do not believe the man was in any way connected to the
later shooting of Shakur.
11 p.m. -
Suge Knight was stopped on Las Vegas Boulevard by Metro patrol cops for
playing his car stereo too loudly and for not having license plates on his
rented vehicle. He was not cited and was released a few minutes later.
11:15 p.m. -
Shakur and Marion "Suge" Knight are shot. Knight is driving and
Shakur is in the passenger seat of the 1996 BMW 750 sedan that was eastbound
on Flamingo Road. Shakur is shot two times in the chest. Shrapnel grazed
Knight's head. A total of 13 shots were fired at the car Shakur was in.
After the shooting, Shakur's car made a U-turn and head West on Flamingo.
Police reached the car on the Strip where it was caught in traffic at Harmon
Avenue. An ambulance then picked up Shakur and Knight taking them to
University Medical Center, where Shakur underwent the first of three
operations. His right lung is removed to stop internal bleeding.
Sunday, Sept. 8
11 a.m. -
Knight is released from the University Medical Center.
6:20 p.m. - Shakur undergoes a second operation at UMC to repair
damage from the bullet wounds.
Altercation
Monday, Sept. 9
8 p.m. -
Metro Police and about 20 friends and fans of Shakur are in an altercation
over what police call a "misunderstanding." Tensions are calmed
with help from a female friend of Shakur's and four men originally
handcuffed during the scuffle are released. No one was arrested. Police have
been patrolling outside the hospital out of concern for retaliation after
the shooting.
Wednesday, Sept.
11
6 p.m. -
Knight, accompanied by his attorneys speaks about the shooting to Metro
Police for about an hour.
Friday, Sept. 13
4:03 p.m. -
Shakur dies from his injuries.
7 p.m. -
Coroner's medical examiner performs an autopsy on Shakur's body.
9 p.m. -
Shakur's body is released to Davis Mortuary, which - at the request of
Shakur's mother - cremates his remains.
Saturday, Sept. 14
11 a.m. -
Shakur's remains are given to his mother, Afeni Shakur, who leaves Las Vegas
the same day.
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