Jury Reaches Verdict
The long road to finding and convicting the killer of rap icon and actor Tupac Shakur has finally found its end. Around three years ago, Las Vegas police arrested 60-year-old Duane “Keffe D” Davis, a former member of the South Side Compton Crips. Davis has long been tied to Tupac Shakur’s murder, with one book by a former LAPD detective alleging that Davis was paid off by Sean “Diddy” Combs to pull the trigger. Davis would maintain that his nephew, Orlando Anderson, was the one who killed Tupac Shakur.
According to Deadline, Davis’ trial has come to its conclusion and the jury found him guilty in the murder of Shakur. Davis, 63, has told the court, “I would like to appeal this matter.” Davis will continue to be held in custody and his sentencing has been scheduled for October 13. Davis could face life in prison, as issued by Clark County District Court Judge Carli Kierny.
Since Davis’ arrest in 2023, he remained behind bars, but he had entered a not guilty plea to the charge of one count of murder with the use of a deadly weapon. His trial lasted for the past three weeks. After hearing the closing arguments from both sides of the court, the jury is said to have spent less than three hours in reaching their verdict.
Interestingly, Davis has been pretty vocal about his involvement in the shooting of Shakur in the past. Davis had previously admitted in interviews and in his memoir, Compton Street Legend, from 2019, that he was in the Cadillac that unleashed the gunfire in the drive-by shooting of both Shakur and Death Row’s Suge Knight.
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Tupac Shakur was just 25 at the time of his death. Six months later, The Notorious B.I.G. – who was also considered a suspect in the murder – was killed, also in a drive-by shooting. Biggie was 24. Their deaths was seen in the media as a war between west coast rappers and east coast rappers.
Tupac Shakur’s final album to be released during his lifetime, All Eyez on Me, came out just seven months before his death. It is widely considered one of the greatest rap albums ever. There have been multiple posthumous releases, with the most recent in 2006.
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