Nearly 30 years after Tupac Shakur was murdered in Las Vegas, the case has resulted in its first conviction. A Clark County jury found 63-year-old Duane “Keffe D” Davis guilty of first-degree murder with a deadly weapon after nearly three hours of deliberations. He faces a maximum sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole, with sentencing scheduled for October 13.
Davis was not accused of firing the shots himself. Prosecutors argued that he orchestrated the attack in retaliation for an altercation earlier that night, when Shakur and members of his entourage assaulted Davis’s nephew, Orlando Anderson, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. According to the prosecution, Davis obtained a firearm, gathered three other men and set out to find Shakur and Death Row Records co-founder Marion “Suge” Knight.
Later that night, a white Cadillac carrying Davis and the three other men pulled alongside the black BMW in which Shakur was riding with Knight. Davis had previously said that he passed the gun to the back seat before one of the passengers opened fire. Prosecutors have never officially identified the shooter. Shakur was shot four times and died in hospital six days later, on September 13, 1996. He was 25.
What ultimately became one of the prosecution’s strongest elements was Davis’s own account of the killing. Over the years, he repeatedly discussed the events surrounding Shakur’s death in interviews, documentaries, conversations with investigators and his 2019 memoir, “Compton Street Legend.” Police had long suspected Davis but said they lacked sufficient evidence to charge him until his increasingly public accounts brought renewed attention to the case.
During the trial, jurors heard nearly eight hours of recorded statements in which Davis described his role in the events of that night. His defense argued that the accounts could not be independently corroborated and that Davis had exaggerated or fabricated parts of the story for money and attention. Prosecutors, however, argued that his statements were detailed and consistent enough to establish his involvement. The jury returned a guilty verdict in less than three hours.
Davis was arrested in 2023, becoming the first person charged in connection with Shakur’s killing. He is now the only surviving member of the four men prosecutors say were inside the Cadillac that night; the other three died before facing charges in the case. Following the verdict, Davis told the judge that he intends to appeal his conviction.
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