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The trial of Duane “Keffe D” Davis continues in Las Vegas. Prosecutors rely on his 2008 police interview and a 2019 memoir to argue he masterminded the 1996 Tupac Shakur shooting, while the defense disputes the evidence and contends his accounts are unreliable braggadocio.
Duane “Keffe D” Davis has been found guilty of a single murder count tied to the 1996 Las Vegas shooting that killed Tupac Shakur. Jurors deliberated for under three hours after a weeklong trial. Prosecutors say he ordered the attack and provided the gun; defense argues the case rests on his statements without corroboration.
A Clark County jury has found Duane “Keffe D” Davis guilty of first‑degree murder with a deadly weapon in the 1996 Las Vegas killing of Tupac Shakur. Davis, 63, has said he will appeal. Sentencing is set for October 13.
Duane “Keffe D” Davis has been sentenced to life in prison after a Nevada judge imposed a 40‑year-to-life term following his August conviction for first‑degree murder in the 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur. Prosecutors relied on Davis’s public statements and a 2019 memoir; Davis has said he will appeal.