Tupac Shakur's family has hired attorney Alex Spiro, a Harvard Law School graduate with a roster of Hollywood clients including Alec Baldwin, to investigate alleged links between Sean "Diddy" Combs and the murder of the late rapper.

"Christopher Ciccone died peacefully on October 4th, surrounded by his husband and loved ones; surrounded by love," the Ciccone family said in a statement provided to ABC News. "Like his siblings, Christopher came of age in Rochester,

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said Combs has never been considered a suspect in Shakur’s death, according to a statement made to People magazine. McCollum, who investigated the crime on behalf of Shakur’s mother,