Mutulu Shakur

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Mutulu Shakur
Born
Jeral Wayne Williams

(1950-08-08)August 8, 1950
DiedJuly 7, 2023(2023-07-07) (aged 72)
Southern California
OccupationAcupuncturist
Criminal statusDeceased
Spouse(s)
Afeni Shakur
(m. 1975; div. 1982)

Makini Shakur (née Hearn)
(m. 1982; div. 2010)
Children6, inc. Mopreme Shakur and stepson Tupac Shakur
Conviction(s)Racketeering (18 U.S.C. § 1962)
Conspiracy to commit racketeering (18 U.S.C. § 1962)
Killing during the commission of a bank robbery (18 U.S.C. § 2113) (2 counts)
Armed bank robbery (18 U.S.C. § 2113) (2 counts)
Bank robbery (18 U.S.C. § 2113) (2 counts)
Criminal penalty60 years imprisonment
Mutulu Shakur
FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives
Description
Status
AddedJuly 23, 1982
CaughtFebruary 12, 1986
Number380
Captured

Mutulu Shakur (born Jeral Wayne Williams; August 8, 1950 – July 7, 2023) was an American activist and former member of the Black Liberation Army. He was sentenced to sixty years in prison for his role in a 1981 robbery in which a guard and two police officers were murdered.

Shakur was politically active with the Revolutionary Action Movement (RAM) and Republic of New Afrika. He was the stepfather of Tupac Shakur.

In July 2022, it was revealed that Shakur had terminal bone marrow cancer, and had "six months to live".[1]

References[change | change source]

  1. "DR. MUTULU SHAKUR REPEATEDLY DENIED COMPASSIONATE RELEASE DESPITE TERMINAL CANCER DIAGNOSIS". Black Enterprise. Retrieved 9 July 2022.