A Compton gang war and bitter revenge plot led to Tupac Shakur's slaying, D.A. says

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Set us as preferred Nearly 30 years after Tupac Shakur was gunned down near the Las Vegas Strip in a killing that rocked the rap world, the trial of the man prosecutors allege did everything but pull the trigger got underway Monday with new revelations.Nevada prosecutors allege Duane “Keffe D” Davis, a one-time Compton gang member, killed Shakur as revenge for an attack on his nephew hours earlier and are using Davis’ own words in interviews and a book he co-authored as evidence.In opening statements, prosecutors said an ugly gang rivalry on the streets of Compton led to the slaying of Shakur, a famed rapper and actor, who died six days after he was shot.The Sept.7, 1996, shooting, they said, was rooted in a war between Southside Crips-Burris Street, led by Davis, and Mob Piru, a gang long associated with Death Row Records.

Shakur was closely associated with Death Row, and the record company’s boss, Marion “Suge” Knight, was inside his car the night he was attacked.The rivalry grew after the Southside Crips became the West Coast security for Sean “Diddy” Combs’ record label, prosecutors said.Clark County Chief Deputy Dist.Atty.

Binu Palal said that bad blood came to a head at a Mike Tyson fight that night in Las Vegas.He showed video of Shakur’s entourage attacking Davis’ nephew Orlando “Baby Lane” Anderson.

Lane, a Mob Piru, had spotted Anderson in the MGM Grand hotel lobby.Months earlier, Anderson stole Lane’s Death Row Records chain in the Lakewood Mall during an attack.

“Let’s be clear, Duane Davis did not pull the trigger.But he did plan the shooting in retaliation of the beating of his nephew,” Palal said.

“Remarkably, you will learn that from Duane Davis himself.”Palai noted that Shakur’s shooting was followed by numerous murders in Compton, including that of an 11-year-old girl.“In this world, silence means survival,” Palal said.“The one person who has h...