Jurors deliberate in the trial of rap icon Tupac Shakur's killing

NPR | By Steve Futterman

Published August 31, 2026 at 5:27 PM EDT

Attorneys on Monday gave their closing arguments in the trial of Tupac Shakur's killing. The rap star was gunned down in a gang-related drive-by shooting in Las Vegas in 1996.

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