Duane Davis goes on trial for Tupac Shakur 1996 killing
Duane "Keffe D" Davis, 63, is on trial in Las Vegas accused of murder with a deadly weapon and of intending to assist a criminal gang in the 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur. Prosecutors say Davis planned the shooting in retaliation after Shakur's entourage beat his nephew, and they presented Davis's prior interviews and his 2019 memoir as evidence. The defense calls those accounts fiction and highlighted missing documents and disputed detective work. The trial, expected to last about a month with dozens of witnesses, could result in a life sentence and revive questions about investigative gaps.
Duane Davis is on trial over alleged planning of Tupac Shakur's killing.
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The case stems from a 1996 Las Vegas drive-by shooting that killed Tupac Shakur. Davis was indicted in 2023 and is now on trial. The court will hear witness testimony and consider disputed interviews and a memoir as evidence.
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