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Sep 29, 2023 · By Richard Winton. and Nathan Solis. Sept. 29, 2023 Updated 3:20 PM PT. A man who has long acknowledged he was in the car that pulled alongside Tupac Shakur on the night the rapper was gunned...
Sep 29, 2023 · Sept. 29, 2023 1:48 PM PT. Nearly 30 years after Tupac Shakur was gunned down on the Las Vegas Strip, Las Vegas police have made their first arrest in the case. Duane “Keffe D” Davis, who ...
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Duane Keith "Keffe D" Davis, a former Southern California street gang leader, pleaded not guilty Thursday to murder in the 1996 killing of rap music icon Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas — a charge prompted by his own descriptions in recent years about orchestrating the deadly drive-by shooting.
Davis is the only person still alive who was in the vehicle from which shots were fired and the only person ever charged with a crime in the case.
Prosecutors allege that Shakur's killing in Las Vegas came out of competition between East Coast members of a Bloods gang sect and West Coast groups of a Crips sect, including Davis, for dominance in a musical genre dubbed "gangsta rap."
A grand jury was told the Sept. 7, 1996, shooting in Las Vegas was retaliation for a brawl hours earlier at a Las Vegas Strip casino involving Shakur and Davis' nephew, Orlando "Baby Lane" Anderson.
Shakur is largely considered one of the most influential and versatile rappers of all time. He had five No. 1 albums, was nominated for six Grammy Awards, was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2017, and received a posthumous star this year on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
In court on Thursday, Davis stood in shackles as he awaited proceedings and waved to his wife, son and daughter in the packed spectator gallery.
"Not guilty," Davis said when Clark County District Court Judge Tierra Jones asked for his plea.
The judge told Davis that prosecutors are not seeking the death penalty in the case, which could put Davis in prison for the rest of his life if he is convicted. Jones also named county special public defenders Robert Arroyo and Charles Cano to represent Davis at taxpayer expense, after Davis lost his bid to hire private defense attorney Ross Goodman.
Goodman two weeks ago said prosecutors lack witnesses and key evidence, including a gun or vehicle, for the killing committed 27 years ago. Outside the courtroom on Thursday, Goodman said Davis was still trying to hire him. Davis' family members declined to comment.
Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson told reporters that he and a panel of prosecutors decided the case against Davis was "not the kind of case that should proceed with the asking of the death penalty." He didn't specify reasons for that decision.
Wolfson also declined to respond to Goodman's criticism of the evidence, saying that a jury will weigh the results of the police investigation.
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Sep 29, 2023 · September 29, 2023. Tupac Shakur, 1994. Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection/Getty Images. A Las Vegas man was arrested and charged Friday in connection to the fatal drive-by shooting of...
Sep 29, 2023 · Las Vegas police arrested Duane "Keffe D" Davis on Friday in connection with a fatal drive-by shooting in 1996 that killed rapper Tupac Shakur. Shakur's murder has remained unsolved for...
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Sep 30, 2023 · 7 months ago. What we know about the arrest in the Tupac Shakur case. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department on Friday arrested a man tied to the mysterious death of rapper Tupac...
Jan 9, 2024 · Crime. Man charged in Tupac Shakur's murder can serve house arrest until trial, judge says. January 9, 2024 / 2:34 PM EST / AP.
