Keffe D Convicted in Tupac Shakur's 1996 Murder After 3-Hour Jury Deliberation
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Updated · Rolling Stone · Sep 2
Keffe D Convicted in Tupac Shakur's 1996 Murder After 3-Hour Jury Deliberation
3 articles · Updated · Rolling Stone · Sep 2
Summary
A Las Vegas jury convicted 63-year-old Duane "Keffe D" Davis of first-degree murder with a deadly weapon after a three-week trial, closing one of the highest-profile unsolved killings in U.S. music history.
Hours of recordings drove the verdict: prosecutors played Davis repeatedly describing how he passed a .40-caliber Glock to nephew Orlando Anderson, who he said "started blasting" at Shakur's car.
Jurors also heard statements from 2008, 2009, 2017, 2019 and jail calls after Davis's 2023 arrest, undercutting defense arguments that proffer protections and investigative confusion barred key admissions.
The case centered on the Sept. 7, 1996 drive-by after the Tyson-Bruce Seldon fight in Las Vegas; Shakur died six days later, and Davis is scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 13.