A Florida woman named Tupac Amaru Shakur was arrested for assaulting an elderly man with a baseball bat while he was sitting on a bench outside a hospital in his home state.
The 34-year-old woman, who shares the exact same name with the iconic California rapper, appeared before a Miami-Dade County judge, WPLG, on Wednesday. informed of – Exactly 26 years after the artist was shot and killed in Las Vegas in 1996.
According to an affidavit obtained by the outlet, Shakoor – the accused perpetrator – hit the man with the bat “several times” outside Hialeh Hospital at around 11:30 am on Tuesday.
The man ripped off the bat from Shakur and ran towards the hospital. According to the police, he chased after her and claimed that she was being attacked with a bat.
The victim told the police that she recognized Shakoor, who is homeless and lives in the area, from several prior incidents at the hospital.
Police said he suffered injuries to his face, upper lip, right hand, right arm and right leg in the attack. He refused to go to the hospital, the police said.
The police traced Shakoor late Tuesday night after reviewing the security footage. According to the affidavit, she told officials that she was “investigating an incident at the city library”.
Shakur was taken to the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center. The WPLG reports that a person 65 years of age or older has been charged with aggravated battery.