On September 7, 1996, American hip-hop artist Tupac Shakur was fatally shot in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada. The shooting occurred at 11:15 p.m. Pacific time when the car with Shakur stopped at a red light at East Flamingo Road and Koval Lane.[1] Shakur was hit from a .40-caliber Glock[2] four times, twice in the chest, once in the arm, and once in the thigh.[3] He died from his injuries six days later in the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada.