Other Huntington P ress titles: Gambling Wizards by Richard W. Munchkin Quicksilver – The Ted Binion Murder Case by John L. Smith, photos by Jeff Scheid No Limit – The Rise and Fall of Bob Stupak and Las Vegas’ Stratosphere Tower by John L. Smith Cult Vegas – The Weirdest! The Wildest! The Swingin’est Town on Earth by Mike Weatherford Telling Lies and Getting Paid by Michael Konik Cathy Scott HUNTINGTON PRESS Las Vegas, Nevada The Killing of Tupac Sha kur Published by: Huntington Press 3665 South Procyon Avenue Las Vegas, NV 89103 (702) 252-0655 Phone (702) 252-0675 Fax E-mail:
[email protected] Copyright © 1997, 2002 Cathy Scott ISBN 978-1-935396-18-5 Cover Photos: Corjuni/ Outline (front cover), Malcolm Payne (back cover), Aaron Mayes (author photo) Cover Design: Maile Austraw Production: Laurie Shaw All rights reserved. No part of this publication may translated, reproduced, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without the express written permission of the copyright owner. First, to the memory of my grandmother, Esther Rose (1901-1990), a Carmel, California, artist with an intellect far too early for her time. Second, to the grieving mothers who have lost their sons to gangsta violence: My sincere sympathies to you all as you struggle to make sense of their deaths. And last, to the memory of Tupac Shakur: May he live on through his music, films, and legend. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Many people (and a loyal Siamese) stood by me as I finished this manuscript.