The first week of Tupac Shakur’s long-awaited murder trial exposed the challenge prosecutors face nearly 30 years after his death — most of the key players are dead, others refuse to cooperate and their case rests heavily on the defendant's own words.Duane "Keffe D" Davis, 63, is accused of providing the murder weapon used in a 1996 Las Vegas drive-by shooting that killed Shakur and wounded Death Row Records founder Marion "Suge" Knight.He is not accused of pulling the trigger.
The trial began Monday and is expected to run four to five weeks.Three other men believed to have been in the suspect vehicle with Davis are all dead, including Davis' nephew, Orlando "Baby Lane" Anderson, who was jumped earlier that night by Knight's entourage, according to prosecutors.TUPAC MURDER TRIAL FACES 'SNITCHES GET STITCHES' PROBLEM BUT DEFENDANT'S GHOSTWRITER COULD BE KEYTupac Shakur in Poetic Justice.Picture by: Shutterstock USA: 1 646 419 4452 UK: 020 8068 3593 [email protected] World Rights (Columbia/Kobal / Shutterstock)The defense denies he was involved, and his attorney, Michael Sanft, has suggested that he fabricated the version of events now being used by the prosecution.Former FBI Special Agent Wade Lee testified that Davis sat down with investigators in 1998 after a drug-trafficking bust and began cooperating with authorities.MEXICAN MAFIA TURNED AMERICAN NEIGHBORHOODS INTO ‘GANGSTA’S PARADISE’ WITH MURDERS, KIDNAPPINGS, DRUGS: FEDSDuane Davis looks on during his murder trial, related to the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, at Clark County District Court at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, on August 18, 2026.
The trial of the former gang leader accused of orchestrating the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur began on August 10, 30 years after one of America's most high-profile unresolved killings.The proceedings, expected to last a month, will likely not make clear who fired the shots that killed the California hip-hop legend on the ...