Warrant Served In Tupac Shakur Case Decades After Rapper's Death

LAS VEGAS — Nevada authorities confirmed Tuesday that they had served a search warrant this week in connection with the long-unsolved killing of Tupac Shakur, the famed 1990s rapper whose renown grew even in death.

Shakur was fatally shot in September 1996 during a drive-by attack in Las Vegas. He was 25.

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said the search warrant was executed in the nearby city of Henderson. The agency did not provide further details on the search, citing an open investigation.

Law enforcement told TMZ the home was near Interstate 11 and Wagon Wheel Drive but that no arrests had been made as of mid-day Tuesday.

Nevada does not have a statute of limitations for prosecuting homicide cases.

Shakur was gunned down inside a black vehicle stopped at a red light near the Las Vegas Strip. Shot multiple times, the rapper was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he died a week later.

He is believed to have gotten into a fight with a person named Orlando Anderson, who approached his vehicle while armed, at which time shots rang out, KTNV reported, noting Anderson later died in a separate shooting in Los Angeles.

The day Shakur was struck, he went to a boxing match with Suge Knight, according to ABC News, which noted the Notorious B.I.G. was fatally shot months later in Los Angeles, a crime that remains unsolved and is believed to be tied to Shakur's death.

Largely considered one of the most influential and versatile rappers of all time, the six-time Grammy Award-nominated Shakur has had five No. 1 albums. In 2017, he was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame by Snoop Dogg, and in June of this year, he received a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

The Associated Press contributed to this story.