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."