Editing Tupac Shakur (section)

=== 1993 shooting in Atlanta ===
On October 31, 1993, Shakur was arrested in Atlanta for shooting two off-duty police officers, brothers Mark Whitwell and Scott Whitwell.<ref name="Smothers-1993">{{Cite news|last=Smothers|first=Ronald|date=November 2, 1993|title=Rapper Charged in Shootings of Off-Duty Officers|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/02/us/rapper-charged-in-shootings-of-off-duty-officers.html|access-date=December 24, 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The Atlanta police claimed the shooting occurred after the brothers were almost struck by a car carrying Shakur while they were crossing the street with their wives.<ref name="Harrington-1993">{{Cite news|last=Harrington|first=Richard|date=November 3, 1993|title=Guns N' Rappers: 3 Arrested In Shootings|language=en-US|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1993/11/03/guns-n-rappers-3-arrested-in-shootings/fa958468-a98c-44b1-8169-0f7b1bbe306f/|access-date=December 24, 2021|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> As they argued with the driver, Shakur's car pulled up and he shot the Whitwells in the buttocks and the abdomen.<ref name="Butler-2020">{{Cite web|last=Butler|first=Rhett|date=May 28, 2020|title=Redo '93: Tupac Shakur's Shootout With Police Proves Power To People|url=https://thesource.com/2020/05/28/redo-93-tupac-shakurs-shootout-with-police-proves-power-to-people/|access-date=December 24, 2021|website=The Source|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="estate">{{cite web|date=July 20, 1998|title=Shakur's Estate Hit With Default Claim Over Shooting|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1433981/19980720/story.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020127003340/http://www.mtv.com:80/news/articles/1433981/19980720/story.jhtml|archive-date=January 27, 2002|access-date=July 2, 2021|publisher=MTV News}}</ref> However, there are conflicting accounts that the Whitwells were harassing a black motorist and uttered racial slurs.<ref name="Butler-2020" /><ref name="Harrington-1993" /> According to some witnesses, Shakur and his entourage had fired in self-defense as Mark Whitwell shot at them first.<ref name="Vibe-1995" />

Shakur was charged with two counts of aggravated assault.<ref name="Smothers-1993" /> Mark Whitwell was charged with firing at Shakur's car and later with making false statements to investigators. Scott Whitwell admitted to possessing a gun he had taken from a [[Henry County, Georgia|Henry County]] police evidence room.<ref name="Butler-2020" /> Prosecutors ultimately dropped all charges against both parties.<ref name="estate"/> Mark Whitwell resigned from the force seven months after the shooting.<ref name="Vibe-1995"/> Both brothers filed civil suits against Shakur; Mark Whitwell's suit was settled out of court, while Scott Whitwell's $2&nbsp;million lawsuit resulted in a default judgment entered against the rapper's estate in 1998.<ref name="estate" />