Former Cop denies Tupac is still alive: As he recalls moment Tupac lost his consciousness in front of him after multiple shot

A former police officer has denied rumors that Tupac Shakur has been faking his death. Responding to a viral photo showing a man believed to be the rapper alive and well nearly 20 years after he was gunned down, the former cop named Chris Carroll talked to Daily Mail about how Tupac slowly lost his consciousness in front of him.

According to the publication, Carroll was the first police officer arriving on the scene after Tupac was shot while in a BMW with Suge Knight in Las Vegas. He saw multiple bullet holes in the window and side door of the BMW, which Knight drove, and Tupac immediately fell on his arm after he forcefully opened the door.

"Tupac just flopped out onto my left arm, as I hadn't realized he was leaning against the door," Carroll recalled. "I then cushioned him down to the floor. Tupac was grimacing in pain, looking panicked and gasping for breathe."

"His torso was shot up pretty bad with blood pouring from his chest out through his shirt onto his gold chains. The blood loss was vast and it curdled around the chains, clinging to them," he continued. "As he was fading, Suge kept shouting and screaming, 'Pac, Pac,' and then in the corner of my eye I could see him come closer."

Carroll tried to ask Tupac who shot him and what happened before the then 25-year-old glared at him and said, "F**k you." After that, "his eyes rolled back, and then he started gargling and choking... his body physically quit, he went limp, his eyes closed half way, stopped breathing and he lost consciousness."

Carroll knew immediately that Tupac wouldn't survive. "When he slipped out of consciousness in front of me, I knew he would never come back from those injuries," he said. "He was bleeding everywhere from multiple gun shot wounds to vital organs throughout his torso."

Tupac was then taken to the local trauma center and stayed there for a few days before declared dead on September 13, 1996. Since then, there have been multiple theories that Tupac faked his death and Carroll was one of those involved in his plan. There are also claims that Carroll was actually the shooter.

"I saw him lose consciousness and lose his life 20 years ago," he said when addressing the viral photo. "I still find it astonishing that fans and people believe that Tupac is alive. This new video does nothing to change my mind. There are lookalikes all over the world and this may be another one or a hoax."