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Duane “Keffe D” Davis was found guilty of first-degree murder Monday in the death of Tupac Shakur, which had gone unsolved for nearly three decades. Davis is accused of plotting the 1996 killing near the Las Vegas Strip, and he is the only person ever charged in the murder. CNN’s Josh Campbell reports from outside the courthouse in Las Vegas. #CNN #News
Duane Keith Davis, 63, was found guilty of first-degree murder after he went on an interview tour discussing his role in the 1996 drive-by shooting.
A Las Vegas jury has found Duane “Keffe D” Davis guilty in the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur. The jury deliberated for about three hours. Duane “Keffe D” Davis, 63, was found guilty of one count of murder with a deadly weapon with the intent to promote, further, or assist a criminal gang in connection with the shooting. Prosecutors say he ordered the drive-by shooting on Sept. 7, 1996, that wounded Shakur, who died days later at age 25. NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans. Find us online: https://www.newsnationnow.com/
Shortly before he was murdered in 1996, the rapper had released “All Eyez on Me,” a landmark album that turned him into a superstar.
Prosecutors have not accused Davis of pulling the trigger on the gun that killed Shakur in Las Vegas, but he has been accused of being the person who orchestrated the murder.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Shardae Williams woke up recently to someone blasting Tupac Shakur's “Shed So Many Tears," as they drove by her home. Lately at work or while running errands, she has seen people wearing Shakur shirts. The late rapper's presence is everywhere since the Las Vegas trial began, she says, calling it a [...]
Davis' lawyer argued prosecutors presented no independent evidence placing him in Las Vegas the night Shakur was shot.
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Davis is the only person still alive who was in the Cadillac the night Shakur was shot.