On September 13, 1996, Tupac Shakur died from the injuries of a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas. Two years later, Compton police received groundbreaking evidence that could have possibly cracked the unsolved case. However, according to TMZ, officials withheld the information to keep the peace in the city.
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On May 30, 1998, Compton police logged a .40 caliber Glock that was found by a citizen in his backyard, earlier that year. Two years later, law enforcement in the city was taken over by the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department, prompting a large transfer of evidence and confiscated firearms, including the handgun.
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According to TMZ, the handgun went unnoticed for six years until Deputy T. Brennan came across the paperwork, as he investigated the murder of Biggie Smalls. As he went through the paperwork, Brennan recognized the address where the gun that was found in ‘98 – it was the residence of a well-known Crip’s girlfriend.
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Upon making the connection, Brennan reportedly sent the gun for ballistics testing, where he found that the gun matched the weapon used in Tupac’s murder. However, instead of sending the findings to Vegas police to aid in closing the unsolved case, a federal prosecutor suggested that the LA team should refrain from shipping it over, as the new evidence would reignite gang violence in the city, TMZ reports.
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All of this information had been hidden in plain sight until producers from the new A&E docu-series, “Who Killed Tupac?” found police documentation on the gun. Eventually, producers brought the information to Tupac’s brother and informed the Vegas police. Though the information has been uncovered, the gun is now nowhere to be found. So, as it stands the crime remains unsolved.
