The Killing of Tupac Shakur by Scott Cathy

Author:Scott, Cathy [Scott, Cathy]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Huntington Press
Published: 2002-12-02T00:00:00+00:00

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While in prison, Tupac obsessed in his isolation and became convinced that Biggie and Puffy had helped set up the Quad Studios’ ambush. The case, however, would never be solved.

Instead, just a month after the shooting, the New York Police Department closed its investigation into the shooting. No one would ever learn what had really gone down that November night. The NYPD ended its probe when, they said, Tupac opted not to cooperate with investigators.

“Calls were made to Shakur’s lawyer, but they never responded,” NYPD Detective Nagy told me. “His lawyer never called back. No one ever called back. Therefore, the case was closed.”

NYPD police said that because Tupac had refused to cooperate, it meant the end of their case. “They were totally uncooperative. ... They more or less handled it in their own way,” Nagy said. The officer, clearly frustrated, then went on to outline the police’s attitude in a bold admission of the way things really are: “Why would a guy go out of his way to investigate a case when the guy who was shot didn’t even care?” he asked. “Why are you going to try hard when you have a million other cases?” That was the attitude investigators on the case had at the time, he said. He noted that to close a case, “you really need a valid reason. The boss has to sign off on it. This was a high-profile case. There had to be a valid reason to close it.”

Even after Tupac was killed in Las Vegas, Nagy said, the Quad Studios case was not reopened. He explained, “You can reopen a case if somebody walks in and says, ‘I shot Tupac.’” Without a willing eyewitness, there would be no one to testify against a suspected shooter and, therefore, no case, Nagy said.

Gregg Howard, Suge Knight’s publicist until 2000, said the shootings were nothing more than the result of jealousy by immature rappers. Combs’ attorney, Kenny Meiselas, on the other hand, said the record companies did not engage in petty jealousies among rappers and that Puffy was not involved in any way with the shooting.

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