A jury found Duane “Keffe D” Davis guilty in the Tupac Shakur murder case on Monday, August 31, nearly three decades after the rapper was fatally shot in Las Vegas.
The jury deliberated for less than three hours after a trial that lasted several weeks. The panel heard testimony from 24 prosecution witnesses and three defence witnesses over nine days.
Davis, 63, had pleaded not guilty. He was accused of helping orchestrate the September 1996 shooting that killed Shakur and of acting in furtherance of a criminal gang.
Davis could face life imprisonment following the guilty verdict. His sentencing is scheduled for October.
Shakur’s sister became emotional after the verdict and hugged prosecutors, while Davis’ son covered his face with one hand.
The jury has found Duane "Keffe D" Davis guilty in the murder of Tupac Shakur, 30 years after the rapper was killed in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas.
Jurors deliberated for less than three hours before finding him guilty of murder with the use of a deadly weapon with the… pic.twitter.com/fbS95K18Pr
— ABC News (@ABC) September 1, 2026Shakur was shot on September 7, 1996, while riding in Las Vegas. A white Cadillac pulled alongside the vehicle carrying the rapper at a red light before gunfire erupted.
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The rapper later died from his injuries.
For decades, no one was charged in Shakur’s killing. Prosecutors later relied in part on public statements made by Davis, who acknowledged being inside the Cadillac involved in the shooting.
Davis had said the attack followed an earlier confrontation involving Shakur, record executive Suge Knight and Davis’ nephew Orlando Anderson.
Under Nevada law, a person accused of assisting or facilitating a murder can be held criminally responsible even if prosecutors do not allege that person personally fired the fatal shots. Davis is the only surviving member of the four men prosecutors alleged were inside the Cadillac during the shooting.
