Intro

At 12:25 a.m., Wednesday

2Pac was on his way into a Times Square building to record at an eight-floor studio with another rapper

But in the lobby, Shakur was shot several times, including two graze wounds to the head

2Pac's lawyers said, "The attack appeared to be a setup"

Against doctors orders, 2Pac Shakur checked himself out of the hospital less than 24 hours after being shot five times on the way into a Manhattan recording studio