Clinical Scorecard: What Tupac Shakur’s Autopsy Revealed

At a Glance

Key Highlights

• Forensic pathologist Lisa Gavin testified about the injuries after reviewing autopsy photographs; she did not perform the original autopsy.
• Gavin testified that Shakur was struck by three bullets.
• One bullet damaged a lung, causing it to collapse and bleed; physicians later removed the injured lung.
• Other bullets damaged the intestines and additional areas of the body; chest tubes were present during hospitalization.
• Shakur survived for six days after the shooting and died at age 25.

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Patient & Prescribing Data

Not applicable; the article is a report of forensic testimony about a deceased individual, not a prescribing study.

The article reports lung removal and chest tubes during hospitalization; it provides no prescribing data.

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