Tupac Shakur murder trial begins nearly 30 years after rapper's death
The trial of Duane “Keffe D” Davis, a former gang leader accused of orchestrating the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur, commenced on Monday, almost three decades after the hip-hop star was fatally shot in Las Vegas. Davis, 63, is charged with ordering the killing and supplying the weapon used in the 1996 drive-by shooting, facing a potential life sentence without parole if convicted. Jury selection started on Monday and is anticipated to continue throughout the week, with the trial expected to last approximately one month. Prosecutors aim to prove Davis organized the attack, even if they cannot definitively identify the shooter. Shakur, known as 2Pac, was shot on September 7, 1996, after attending a Mike Tyson boxing match and succumbed to his injuries six days later at age 25. The shooting reportedly followed a confrontation at the MGM Grand casino where Shakur and Death Row Records founder Marion “Suge” Knight assaulted Davis’s nephew, Orlando “Baby Lane” Anderson. Prosecutors allege Davis, a former leader of the South Side Compton Crips, sought revenge and was in a white Cadillac from which shots were fired at Shakur’s car. The investigation remained open for decades until Davis published a memoir in 2019, where he stated he handed a gun to individuals in the back seat of the Cadillac. Davis was arrested in September 2023 and has pleaded not guilty, denying involvement in the killing. His lawyers unsuccessfully attempted to prevent his memoir and 2008 police statements from b
