on april 6, 1971, shakur was shot in the stomach. she was charged with attempted robbery, felonious assault, reckless endangerment, and possession of a deadly weapon, then released on bail. between 1973 and 1977 shakur was charged with two bank robberies, the kidnapping of a brooklyn heroin dealer, and attempted murder of two queens police officers. she was put in prison in 1973. on november 2, 1979 she escaped the clinton correctional facility for women in new jersey.