LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — With twelve witnesses already having testified, the Tupac murder trial enters its third day of witness testimony on Wednesday.
Tuesday saw eight witnesses take the stand, including a medical examiner, a former Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department sergeant, and a former security guard for the Maxim Hotel, now the Westin.
Other witnesses to testify included Suge Knight associate James McDonald, who worked at Club 662, alongside Reggie Wright Jr., head of security for Death Row Records at the time who became general manager following Knight’s nine-year prison sentence.
Defense attorney Michael Sanft and McDonald clashed during an intense exchange after McDonald refused to answer certain questions.
“You are telling us that people back in Compton, for some reason, knew what happened here in Las Vegas,” he said while testifying on Tuesday.
“Treat me as a hostile witness. You’re not going to talk to me and tell me, as a grown man, what I have to do up here. I’m not finna sending him to prison. You are. Was I in the entourage when Tupac got shot? No. What you’re going through, brother, is what you’re going through. I didn’t want to be a part of that.”
Prosecutors also asked Wright point-blank about his potential involvement in the killing.
“Did you have anything to do with the murder of Tupac Shakur?”
“Absolutely not,” Wright replied.
More witnesses are expected to testify when court resumes Wednesday at 1 p.m.
Court started at 1pm today. I am monitoring it all from FOX5.
I will update this thread when more information comes in and when we hear from the first witness of the day. @FOX5Vegas— Victoria Saha (@VictoriaSaha) August 19, 2026
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1:15 p.m.
Court resumed with the defense and prosecution discussing a witness’s upcoming testimony.
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