Tupac Shakur's godmother and convicted cop killer Assata Shakur - who escaped jail and fled to Cuba in 1979  -  has died aged 78.

Assata Shakur, a political activist and the godmother of pioneering rapper Tupac Shakur, died Sept. 25. She was 78.

Assata Shakur, who ran away to Cuba after escaping prison in 1977 for killing a police officer, passed away on Thursday.

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Assata Shakur, a former Black Liberation Army member and Black Panther, passed away at the age of 78 years on Thursday, 25 ...

Assata Shakur, a Black liberation activist who was given political asylum in Cuba after her 1979 escape from a U.S. prison where she had been serving a life sentence for killing a police officer, has ...

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Black liberation activist and American fugitive Assata Shakur, who escaped to Cuba more than 45 years ago after she was convicted of killing a New Jersey state trooper, died in Havana, the government ...

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Body-worn camera footage released by District of Columbia police on Thursday shows an officer fatally shoot a young Black man, then leave the suspect for others to attend as he searches for the gun ...

The shooting unfolded minutes before 6 p.m. Oct. 2, 2025 in the 900 block of North Grant Street on the city's east side.