A retired police officer testified in court on Monday that Tupac Shakur's dying words were, "No, we'll take care of it." Garry Dale, a former officer with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, recounted his interaction with the rapper in an ambulance after Shakur was shot multiple times on September 7, 1996, alongside Death Row Records boss Suge Knight.
Dale testified that he was trying to gather information from Shakur about his assailants. "He was still talking, and I was trying to convince him to tell me the name of whoever his assailants were," Dale told prosecutor Marc DiGiacomo. Shakur's response, according to Dale, was, "No, we'll take care of it."
Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis is currently on trial for allegedly orchestrating the drive-by shooting. Prosecutors claim the shooting was retaliation for an earlier assault by Shakur and his entourage on Davis' nephew, Orlando Anderson. Davis is the only person to have been charged in connection with Shakur's shooting. He faces a charge of murder with the use of a deadly weapon with the intent to promote, further, or assist a criminal gang, to which he has pleaded not guilty. If convicted, he could face a life sentence.
During cross-examination, Davis' defense lawyer Michael Sanft questioned Dale about whether he had written a report regarding his initial traffic stop of Shakur and Knight's vehicle on the night of the shooting. Dale stated that he had not.