Home searched in Tupac Shakur’s 1996 killing tied to uncle of long-dead suspect

Rapper Tupac Shakur died after being shot in 1996 (Frank Wiese/AP/PA)

A home Las Vegas police searched this week in connection with the 1996 drive-by shooting of Tupac Shakur is tied to a man long known to detectives investigating the case, whose nephew had emerged as a suspect shortly after the rapper’s killing.

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department confirmed it served a search warrant on Monday in the nearby city of Henderson.