Tupac crime scene investigator claims Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is connected to rapper’s 1996 murder
By Sara Whitman,
6 days ago
Tupac Shakur crime scene investigator Sheryl McCollum believes Sean “Diddy” Combs is connected to the late rapper’s 1996 murder and his previous shooting in 1994.
“This whole thing to me started in 1994 — the first time Tupac is shot,” McCollum, who worked on Shakur’s 1996 death, claimed to guest host Laura Ingle during an interview on NewsNation’s “Banfield” Friday.
The “All Eyez On Me” hitmaker was shot during a robbery gone wrong at New York City’s Quad Studios in Times Square at the same time Sean “Diddy” Combs was in the studio with an entourage of about 40 people.
Tupac Shakur crime scene investigator Sheryl McCollum said on “Banfield” Friday that she believes Sean “Diddy” Combs is linked to the rapper’s 1996 death and 1994 shooting, as seen above. NewsNation As for the 1994 shooting, McCollum, seen speaking to NewsNation here, said it did not make sense that Shakur was the only one robbed and shot when Combs and dozens of others were in a studio in the same building. NewsNation
“You ain’t gotta shoot somebody five times to take their jewelry and their money,” McCollum said.
“Sean ‘Puffy’ Combs and his entourage of 40? Unharmed. Unthreatened.”
“How does that make sense to anybody that one person is going to be robbed and not the other 40? Who would have had more money and jewelry? Forty.”
“How does that make sense to anybody that one person is going to be robbed and not the other 40,” she questioned. Getty Images After his 1994 shooting, the “Changes” rapper openly accused Combs and fellow rapper Biggie Smalls (also known as the Notorious B.I.G.) of being involved. Getty Images
After the shooting, Shakur openly accused Biggie Smalls (also known as the Notorious B.I.G.), his label Bad Boy Records and the label’s founder, Combs, of having a role in the incident because of their unbothered reaction when he limped into the studio with blood on him.
“Puffy was standing back too. I knew Puffy,” he said. “He knew how much stuff I had done for Biggie before he came out.”
As for the 1996 Las Vegas shooting that took Shakur’s life, McCollum said she feels someone must have known his exact whereabouts. KLAS-TV “Both times that Tupac Shakur is shot, he is trapped in something,” she noted. The LIFE Images Collection/Getty
Shakur was murdered two years later in a drive-by shooting as he was leaving a boxing match at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
“Both times that Tupac Shakur is shot, he is trapped in something,” McCollum said on “Banfield” Friday.
“He’s trapped in an elevator, and then he’s trapped in a car. There is literally nowhere to run.”
Combs and Biggie both denied being involved in Shakur’s death. Getty Images Biggie, seen on stage with Shakur in 1993, was killed in 1997. The case remains unsolved. Getty Images
“Both scenes though, ironically, don’t have video footage,” she added. “To me, this signifies somebody close to him knows his whereabouts on that day, that time and that location.”
“That, to me, shrinks your suspect pool pretty good. Only a handful of people would have known where he was on both of those days.”
Combs, 54, and Biggie vehemently denied any ties to Shakur’s death. Combs has never been arrested, indicted or charged in connection to these allegations.
Tupac’s family hired lawyer Alex Spiro to investigate his death this year. Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images Combs is currently behind bars for sex trafficking and racketeering charges. WWD via Getty Images
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