MTV News reported, the week of the book's release, that Tupac is dead, and publicized his "autopsy photo that should end all speculation as to whether the late rapper might still be alive," alluding to rumors that the star rapper and actor had faked his own death. The investigation, which Scott has reported she did not participate in, ended 30 days later with no results. Upon the book's release, the internal affairs bureau of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department launched an investigation into how the autopsy photo was released to the author. The Crips (street gang) shot Tupac, but who was behind it?" Autopsy photo 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. 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. Six months after the murder, Unsolved Mysteries covered the case, following Scott through a reenactment of the crime scene. The book was number 2 on the Los Angeles Times bestseller list in paperback nonfiction the week of June 11, 2000. 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. Compton, California, police interviewed Anderson, but he was never charged. The killer has never been caught, although it is widely believed the Crips gang member Orlando Anderson, who was murdered 18 months later, was the shooter. Tupac died from his injuries six days later, and Scott was the first to report Shakur's death. 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. She covered the case from the start and turned it into a book. 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.
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