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Federal Bureau of Investigation O O FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND PRIVACY ACTS SUBJECT: TUPAC SHAKUR FEDERALOF BUREAU INVESTICQION FOIPA DELETED PAGE INFORMATION SHEET Serial Description " COVER SHEET O1/03/1997 Total Deleted Page s! " 28 ~ Page Duplicate -| Page Duplicate ~ Page Duplicate ~ Page Duplicate ~ Page Duplicate ~ Page Duplicate ~ Page Duplicate ~ Page Duplicate ~ Page Duplicate ~ Page Duplicate ~ Page Duplicate ~ Page Duplicate ~ Page Duplicate ~ Page Duplicate ~ Page Duplicate ~ Page Duplicate -I Page Duplicate ~ Page Duplicate -: Page Duplicate ~ Page Duplicate 4-: Page Duplicate ~ Page b7C ~ Page b7C FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND PRIVACY ACTS SUBJECTT O Tupap _S11:;kyr___ ii I _ FILE NUMBER __ 266A-OLA-2Q1_8Q74 VI-IQ!_ _ _ _ _ _ SECTION NUMBER: _ ,7 _1_ _ _ _ FEDERAL BUREAUOF INVESTIGATION 2/3:/1995! FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Precedence: ROUTINE Date: 01/03/1997 4/{oz FBIHeadquarters Attn: NSD, CTBranch, DTS,DTOU From! Los Angeles NSD~6 ApprovedI By:I Drafted By: mpbh}I92&#39;I&#39;I&#39;M&#39; Case ID #= 266A-LA-2o1so7,¬3 - ECEASED!;I _ ERIC WRIGHT,AKA EAZY~EVICTIM DECEASED!; WC AOTDTDEATH THREATS 00; LOS ANGELES ARMED AND DANGEROUS synopsis: Status of investigation and request for extension to PI. Previous Title: | _| ET AL; TUPAC SHAKURVICTIM DECEASED!; EAZY-EVICTIM DECEASED!; ACT-DT-DEATH THREATS; O02 LOS ANGELE$ Preliminary Inquiry Initiated: 10/1&#39;7/1996, set to expire 01/17/1995. Enclosures: One original and five copies of a Letterhead Memorandum, dated 01/O3/1997. Details: Title marked changed to reflect the true name of EAZY-E. Enclosed for the Bureau are one original and five copies of a Letterhead Memorandum, dated O1/03/1997, which contains the current status of captioned matter. b2 b7D b7C ALL llroammonuonulm I anus rs UNOLABSIFID oATzJ§Lm m@ at $353E? ~ To: FBI Headquarters From: Los Angeles Re: 266ALA~201807, 01/03/1997 b7D b Several leads remain outstanding at Los Angeles regarding captioned matter. Los Angeles anticipates several interviews of witnesses and victims. Several LAFO files need to f be reviewedfor backgroundinformation onE::::::khereinhe is blc7C referenced, to include the following files: 12-61-0 26-66697 87-473 92-6836 179-914 183-1734 b3 b7C b7C b7D It is requested that this Preliminary Investigation be extended thirty days as a result of pending investigation. 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