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''The Killing of Tupac Shakur'' is a biographical and true-crime account by American journalist and author Cathy Scott of the 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur. The book made news upon its September 1997 release, on the first anniversary of Shakur's death, because of an autopsy photo included in its pages.〔(MTV News, "Tupac Review," September 12, 1997 )〕 It was the first book to be released covering the rapper's death. The book was reprinted in the UK by Plexus Publishing〔(Amazon's U.K. listing of the book )〕 and in Poland by Kagra.〔(Życie i śmierć Tupaka Shakura | KAGRA - książki o tematyce muzycznej )〕 Coverage of the autopsy photo, taken of Shakur's body on a gurney in the coroner's examining room, catapulted the book onto the ''Los Angeles Times'' bestseller list.〔(PRWeb, ''Thug Life Army'' interviews Cathy Scott, May 22, 2004 )〕 New editions of the book were released in 2002 and 2014.〔(Read This: The Killing of Tupac Shakur | ''Vegas Seven'' )〕 == History == Cathy Scott was employed as a reporter at the ''Las Vegas Sun'' when Tupac was gunned down on September 7, 1996, in a drive-by shooting near the Las Vegas Strip. She covered the case from the start and turned it into a book. The shooting occurred a few hours after the Mike Tyson-Bruce Seldon match, which Tupac and his music producer, Suge Knight, were in Las Vegas to attend. Tupac died from his injuries six days later. The killer has never been caught, although it is widely believed that Crips gang member Orlando Anderson, who was murdered 18 months later, was the shooter. Compton, California, police interviewed Anderson, but he was never charged. Huntington Press released the book on the first anniversary of Shakur's death by issuing a 25,000-copy first printing, according to ''Publishers Weekly''. The book was number 2 on the ''Los Angeles Times'' bestseller list in paperback nonfiction the week of June 11, 2000. Six months after the murder, "Unsolved Mysteries" covered the case, following Scott through a reenactment of the crime scene. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department declined to be at the studio to field calls and participate when the show aired, saying the publicity would not help their investigation.〔(''Las Vegas Sun'', "Behind of the Scenes of 'Unsolved' Mysteries' Shakur Mystery: Who Shot Tupac Shakur?" March 14, 1997 )〕 ''People'' magazine covered the case in 2007 as one of "six haunting mysteries that continue to confound police." The article quotes Scott as saying, "The case is cold. The Crips (street gang) shot Tupac, but who was behind it?"〔(Unsolved Mysteries - Crime & Courts, Chandra Levy, Tupac Shakur : People.com )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Killing of Tupac Shakur」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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