Sheryl McCollum, the crime scene investigator who labored on Tupac Shakur’s 1996 homicide case, has advised that Sean “Diddy” Combs could possibly be related to the rapper’s dying and an earlier capturing in 1994. McCollum shared her ideas throughout an interview with NewsNation, pointing to Combs’ presence throughout key moments in Shakur’s violent historical past.
McCollum highlighted the 1994 incident, the place Shakur was shot 5 occasions throughout a theft at New York’s Quad Studios.On the identical time, Combs was within the constructing with round 40 individuals, all of whom remained unhurt.
“This complete factor to me began in 1994 — the primary time Tupac was shot,” McCollum stated. “You ain’t gotta shoot anyone 5 occasions to take their jewelry and their cash.” She added that it appeared suspicious that Combs and his group have been untouched through the incident, saying, “How does that make sense to anyone that one individual goes to be robbed and never the opposite 40? Who would have had extra money and jewelry? Forty.”
Shakur himself suspected foul play, overtly accusing Combs, together with The Infamous B.I.G. and Unhealthy Boy Information, of involvement within the 1994 capturing. Chatting with ‘Vibe’ journal in 1995, he recalled the unusual response of these current when he entered the studio, bleeding from his wounds: “No one approached me. I observed that no person would have a look at me.”
Two years later, in 1996, Shakur was gunned down in a drive-by capturing after leaving a boxing match in Las Vegas. McCollum identified the similarities between the 2 assaults, noting that in each cases, Shakur was “trapped” — first in an elevator, then in a automobile — with no strategy to escape. She additionally famous the shortage of video footage at each crime scenes, hinting that somebody near Shakur might have had prior information of his location, in response to Web page Six.
Whereas Combs and Biggie Smalls denied involvement in Shakur’s homicide, the idea has resurfaced as Shakur’s household considers submitting a wrongful dying lawsuit in opposition to Combs. This comes after Duane “Keefe D” Davis, who’s at present charged with Shakur’s homicide, advised in a 2009 interview that Combs positioned a $1 million bounty on the rapper’s life.
Combs was arrested on September 16 at a Manhattan lodge and is going through fees of intercourse trafficking and racketeering. If convicted, he might face a life sentence. At the moment held with out launch on a $50 million bond, Combs has but to obtain a trial date within the federal case.
