September 7th, 1996 was the day that Tupac was gunned down
in Las Vegas. Tupac's evening began when he and Suge Knight attended the Mike Tyson vs. Bruce Seldon fight in The MGM Grand
Hotel in Las Vegas. Tupac enjoyed his time there as his friend Tyson won the fight in a short time. During their time at ringside,
Suge Knight told Tupac to take his bullet-proof vest off, prosumably because it is illegal to wear one in Las Vegas.
After the fight Tupac, Suge and others attacked Orlando
Anderson, a member of the southside crips. They attacked him in the lobby of The MGM Grand Hotel and were caught on the surveillance
camera. It is believed they attacked him because he stole a chain from someone affiliated with Death Row Records earlier.
Tupac then left the hotel and headed to his fiance's (Kadida Jones) house. He stayed there for a while and took a rest. While
he was there, Kadida asked Tupac to put his bullet-proof vest on but Tupac didn't. Tupac then left Kadida's house wearing
a basketball jersey. He and Suge were headed to Death Row Records' club, Club 662 to celebrate Mike Tyson's win in a BMW which
Suge was driving. They had a large entourage with them including some of The Outlawz and Tupac's bodygaurds.
At 11:10pm, Tupac and Suge pulled up at an intersection
on East Flamengo Road. They were speaking to two unidentified women and then a white cadillac pulled up on the passenger side
and opened fire. They fired 13 shots as Tupac aparently tried to climb into the back seat. Tupac was hit 4 times. Twice in
the chest, once in the thigh and once in his arm. Suge was grazed by a bullet. Suge Knight immediately did a u-turn and headed
toward the hospital. Aparently Tupac was joking around with Suge in the car. Despite being bleeding and having a flat tire
on the car, Suge drove a mile and was pulled over by the cops. They took Tupac to the University Medical Center. When Tupac
was being wheeled in he was screaming, "I'm dying, I'm dying!" Shortly before midnight, Tupac was brought to UMC's Trauma
Center, where he was immediately operated on and had a lung removed. He died the 13th September 1996 at 4:03pm.
