Tupac’s final words were shared by police officer at scene of murder
It's nearly 30 years since Tupac was tragically killed in a targeted drive-by shooting in Las Vegas.
Despite being just 25 when he died, the American rapper is considered one of the most influential music artists of the 20th century, while he had also established himself as a prominent political activist.
A Netflix documentary focusing on Diddy shed the light back on the beloved musician late last year, with 50 Cent's documentary even alleging that the rapper, whose real name is Sean Combs, could have been involved in Tupac's death.
But even if Tupac did know who had killed him, he clearly wasn't in the mood to give that away when he uttered his final words to a police officer who arrived on the scene of his death.
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After taking in Bruce Seldon vs. Mike Tyson in Las Vegas, the rapper had exited the MGM Grand Hotel in and was heading to a nightclub when he was fatally shot by an assailant who'd pulled up next to his car and opened fire.
Retired Las Vegas Police Officer Chris Carroll was first on the scene and spoke to Shakur as he lay dying.
"I looked at him [Shakur] and I was like 'This guy's probably gonna die' I could tell by looking at him, it was a bad situation," Carroll said in a 2023 interview with The Art Of Dialogue.
Recalling the exact moment Shakur spoke his final words, Carroll said: "I go 'Who shot you, who did this' and he's trying to get a breath together and he's looking at me and I was like 'he's actually going to tell me' and he looked at me and said 'F**k you'."
"That would be his last words that he ever said," Carroll added.
Although the musician was transported to hospital, he would die from internal bleeding while he was there, leaving behind a musical legacy that sees him still remain popular to this day.
However, it would take many years for anyone to be officially connected with his murder. In 2023, Duane 'Keffe D' Davis was arrested and charged with first degree murder, to which he has pleaded not guilty.
During the trial in October 2025, rapper E.D.I Mean, who was also in the car at the time of the murder, said he went to the car after the shooting to see what had happened when Shakur told him: "Get on the ground, they're going to shoot you."
More than three years on, Davis is still awaiting a second trial for his alleged role in the shooting, while Tupac's family also filed a wrongful death lawsuit in Los Angeles earlier this year.
It suggests that there was actually a 'complex conspiracy' to murder the star who sold over 75 million records, with the lawsuit also aiming to identify all of 'the individuals who were involved'.
Topics: Tupac Shakur, True Crime
James Moorhouse