Floyd Mayweather Jr., the legendary boxer, has refuted claims that he witnessed the shooting of Tupac Shakur despite living in the same area during his early career. Mayweather, who was preparing for his professional debut in September 1996, was residing in Las Vegas near Flamingo and Koval Lane, where the shooting occurred. However, he has firmly asserted that he did not witness the rapper’s death.
The identity of Tupac’s shooter has remained a mystery for decades, but recently, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department reopened the investigation. In connection with the case, authorities executed a search warrant on a home in Henderson, Nevada.
To clear his name of any involvement, Mayweather took to social media and released a lengthy statement denying the allegations. He clarified that although he lived in the area where the shooting happened, he never claimed to have witnessed the event. The false accusations, he explained, stemmed from him sharing the location of the shooting with filmmaker John Singleton, who was working on a documentary or movie about Tupac. As a friend of Singleton’s, Mayweather willingly showed him the location without hesitation, but that act did not mean he witnessed Tupac’s shooting. He emphasized that the location of the shooting was public knowledge, and his proximity to the area was purely coincidental.
Tupac Shakur’s death remains closely connected to the world of boxing, occurring shortly after a fight between Mike Tyson and Bruce Seldon. On September 7, 1996, the rapper was shot and tragically passed away six days later at the young age of 25. The circumstances surrounding the shooting have sparked decades of debate and mystery, with conflicting accounts about the events of that fateful night.
In 1996 when Tupac Shakur was killed, I lived in the Meridian Apartments located on Flamingo and Koval Ln., which just so happens to be the area where Tupac was shot.   I have never said I witnessed the shooting.  All of these false accusations stem from me sharing the location of the shooting with John Singleton due to my familiarity of the area since I lived there.  This does not mean I witnessed Tupac’s shooting.  John Singleton was making a documentary or movie about Tupac, so he reached out to me asking where Flamingo and Koval Ln was located.  John was my friend, so I showed him this location with no hesitation.  The location of Tupac’s shooting is public knowledge and me living near there was just a coincidence.  I did not witness Tupac Shakur’s death.
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