Duane Keith Davis, known as “Keffe D,” is the only person charged in the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur.
What Happened
Prosecutors accuse Davis, a former gang leader, of helping orchestrate the drive-by shooting that killed Tupac. He was arrested in September 2023 and has pleaded not guilty to murder with a deadly weapon. In his 2019 memoir, Compton Street Legend, and in interviews, including a 2008 police interview, Davis placed himself at the scene. Both the memoir and the 2008 police interview have been ruled admissible at trial.
On September 7, 1996, Tupac was riding in a car driven by Death Row Records co-founder Marion “Suge” Knight after a Mike Tyson fight in Las Vegas.
4. The case remained unsolved for decades.
He was arrested in September 2023 near his home in Henderson, Nevada, after a grand jury indicted him. Davis has remained in custody while his lawyers have sought bail. The trial has also been delayed several times as the defense prepared its case.
