Former Crips leader Duane "Keffe D" Davis convicted of Tupac Shakur murder

A Nevada jury delivered a guilty verdict on former South Side Compton Crips leader Duane "Keffe D" Davis for the first-degree murder of rapper Tupac Shakur, whose 1996 drive-by shooting in Las Vegas remained unsolved for nearly 30 years. The trial focused on Davis’s 2019 memoir, in which he claimed to have supplied the weapon used in the attack and to have been present in the white Cadillac from which shots were fired. Prosecutors presented excerpts from the book and recorded interviews as evidence, arguing that Davis orchestrated the hit after a confrontation involving his nephew, Orlando "Baby Lane" Anderson. Davis’s defense contended that the memoir was fictional bravado intended to boost sales, but jurors rejected that argument after only a few hours of deliberation. During sentencing, Davis appeared stoic, while Tupac’s sister Sekyiwa "Set" Shakur was visibly emotional. Davis’s son covered his face, and the courtroom observed a somber atmosphere.

"The justice I would like, I'll never get. I want my little brother back," said Mopreme Shakur, Tupac’s stepbrother, reflecting the family’s long-standing quest for closure. Davis has indicated he will appeal the conviction. The case marks the first criminal conviction linked to Shakur’s death, which occurred after a confrontation at the MGM Grand following a Mike Tyson boxing match, leading to a fatal shooting that left the rapper dead six days later.