Las Vegas police video shows first-ever arrest in rapper Tupac Shakur’s 1996 killing
1 year, 2 months ago

Las Vegas police video shows first-ever arrest in rapper Tupac Shakur’s 1996 killing

Associated Press  

LAS VEGAS — The man charged with murder in the 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur knew the gravity of his arrest last week near his home on the outskirts of Las Vegas, according to police body camera footage released Friday. “Biggest case in Las Vegas history,” Davis says, recounting the date that Shakur was gunned down — “September 7th, 1996.” Police and prosecutors allege Davis was the mastermind behind the drive-by shooting near the Las Vegas Strip that killed Shakur at the age of 25. Now, more than 27 years later, Davis was handcuffed around the wrists and in ankle shackles in the backseat of Las Vegas police car headed toward a county jail, where he remains held without bond. “I ain’t did.” The police videos, totaling more than an hour of footage, show Davis arrested around sunrise on Sept. 29 while walking in his otherwise quiet neighborhood. Authorities say Shakur’s killing stemmed from a rivalry and competition for dominance in a musical genre that, at the time, was dubbed “gangsta rap.” It pitted West Coast members of a Crips sect that Davis has said he led in Compton against East Coast members of a Bloods gang sect associated with rap music mogul Marion “Suge” Knight, founder of Death Row Records, the music label representing Shakur at the time of his death.

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Tupac murder suspect implicated Diddy in rapper’s killing, court docs show
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Tupac murder suspect implicated Diddy in rapper’s killing, court docs show

The Independent  

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Nevada judge denies release of ex-gang leader ahead of trial in 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Nevada judge denies release of ex-gang leader ahead of trial in 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur

Hindustan Times  

LAS VEGAS — An ailing former Los Angeles-area gang leader has been denied release from a Las Vegas jail ahead of his trial in the 1996 killing of music legend Tupac Shakur, despite a bid by a hip-hop music figure to underwrite his $750,000 bond. Nevada judge denies release of ex-gang leader ahead of trial in 1996 killing of Tupac …

Judge considering if ex-gang leader held in Tupac Shakur killing gets house arrest on $750K bail
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Judge considering if ex-gang leader held in Tupac Shakur killing gets house arrest on $750K bail

Associated Press  

LAS VEGAS — A Nevada judge said Tuesday she wasn’t immediately convinced of the legality of an effort by a hip-hop music figure to underwrite a $750,000 bond to free a former Los Angeles-area gang leader from jail ahead of his murder trial in the 1996 killing of hip-hop music legend Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas. Clark County District Court …

Will ex-gang leader held in Tupac Shakur killing get house arrest with $750K bail? Judge to decide
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Will ex-gang leader held in Tupac Shakur killing get house arrest with $750K bail? Judge to decide

The Independent  

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Ex-gang leader’s account of Tupac Shakur killing is fiction, defense lawyer in Vegas says
8 months ago

Ex-gang leader’s account of Tupac Shakur killing is fiction, defense lawyer in Vegas says

Associated Press  

LAS VEGAS — The defense attorney representing a former Los Angeles-area gang leader accused of killing hip-hop music icon Tupac Shakur in 1996 in Las Vegas said Tuesday his client’s accounts of the killing are fiction and prosecutors lack key evidence to obtain a murder conviction. “We haven’t seen more than just his word,” Arnold said of Davis’ police and …

Tupac murder suspect Duane 'Keefe D' Davis 'could've spilled his guts' about Sean 'Diddy' Combs before feds raided music moguls Miami and LA mansions, retired FBI agent claims
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Tupac murder suspect Duane 'Keefe D' Davis 'could've spilled his guts' about Sean 'Diddy' Combs before feds raided music moguls Miami and LA mansions, retired FBI agent claims

Daily Mail  

Federal raids on Sean 'Diddy' Combs's mansions could be linked to the recent arrest of a gangster over rapper Tupac Shakur's 1996 murder, a former FBI agent who investigated the killing has told DailyMail.com. FBI agents raided Sean 'Diddy' Combs's properties in Los Angeles and Miami this week as part of a sex trafficking investigation involving the music mogul The …

Tupac Shakur murder suspect’s trial delayed
10 months ago

Tupac Shakur murder suspect’s trial delayed

The Independent  

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Tupac’s accused killer Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis granted $750,000 bail
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Tupac’s accused killer Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis granted $750,000 bail

LA Times  

Duane “Keffe D” Davis is led into a Las Vegas courtroom in October. In an October recording of a phone call by Davis from the Clark County Detention Center in Las Vegas, prosecutors say Davis’ son told the defendant about a “green light” authorization. “In world, a ‘green light’ is an authorization to kill,” prosecutors Marc DiGiacomo and Binu Palal …

Tupac Shakur murder suspect fights to be released on house arrest
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Tupac Shakur murder suspect fights to be released on house arrest

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Witness threat claims delay hearing for Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis in Tupac Shakur murder case
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Witness threat claims delay hearing for Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis in Tupac Shakur murder case

LA Times  

Duane “Keffe D” Davis arrives in Clark County District Court on Nov. 7 in Las Vegas. In an October recording of a phone call by Davis from the Clark County Detention Center in Las Vegas, prosecutors say Davis’ son told the defendant about a “green light” authorization. “In world, a ‘green light’ is an authorization to kill,” prosecutors Marc DiGiacomo …

Jail call recording shows risk to witnesses in Tupac Shakur killing case, Las Vegas prosecutors say
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Jail call recording shows risk to witnesses in Tupac Shakur killing case, Las Vegas prosecutors say

Associated Press  

LAS VEGAS — Prosecutors are telling a Nevada judge that witnesses may be at risk in the case of a former Los Angeles-area gang leader charged with orchestrating the killing of hip-hop music icon Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas more than 27 years ago. A court filing submitted Thursday urges the judge to keep Duane “Keffe D” Davis behind bars …

‘He never stopped being hurt’: Tupac Shakur and the women who shaped him
1 year ago

‘He never stopped being hurt’: Tupac Shakur and the women who shaped him

The Independent  

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Tupac Shakur has an Oakland street named for him 27 years after his death
1 year, 1 month ago

Tupac Shakur has an Oakland street named for him 27 years after his death

Associated Press  

OAKLAND, Calif. — A stretch of street in Oakland, California, was renamed Friday for Tupac Shakur, 27 years after the killing of the hip-hop luminary. A section of MacArthur Boulevard near where he lived in the 1990s became Tupac Shakur Way, following a ceremony that included his family members and Oakland native MC Hammer. MC Hammer, the “U Can’t Touch …

Ex-gang leader pleads not guilty in 1996 Tupac Shakur killing in Vegas and judge appoints lawyers
1 year, 1 month ago

Ex-gang leader pleads not guilty in 1996 Tupac Shakur killing in Vegas and judge appoints lawyers

Associated Press  

LAS VEGAS — A former Southern California street gang leader pleaded not guilty Thursday to murder in the 1996 killing of rap music icon Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas — a charge prompted by his own descriptions in recent years about orchestrating the deadly drive-by shooting. Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson told reporters that he and a panel of …

Suspect in Tupac Shakur’s killing, an admitted Crips ‘shot caller,’ won’t face the death penalty
1 year, 1 month ago

Suspect in Tupac Shakur’s killing, an admitted Crips ‘shot caller,’ won’t face the death penalty

LA Times  

Duane “Keffe D” Davis is led into a Las Vegas courtroom last month. Prosecutors won’t seek the death penalty against the man accused of orchestrating the killing of Tupac Shakur, they told a Las Vegas judge Thursday as Duane “Keffe D” Davis pleaded not guilty to murder. “I believe there is an obvious defense to that — why he made …

No gun, no car, no living witnesses against man charged in Tupac Shakur killing, defense lawyer says
1 year, 2 months ago

No gun, no car, no living witnesses against man charged in Tupac Shakur killing, defense lawyer says

Associated Press  

LAS VEGAS — A lawyer speaking for the former street gang leader charged with killing Tupac Shakur in 1996 said Thursday he sees “obvious defenses” in the murder case in Las Vegas. Clark County District Judge Tierra Jones gave Davis and Goodman two weeks to reach agreement, saying she wants to “get this case moving.” She reset Davis’ arraignment for …

Duane Davis described Tupac Shakur’s 1996 murder in gruesome detail. Now he’s been arrested for it
1 year, 2 months ago

Duane Davis described Tupac Shakur’s 1996 murder in gruesome detail. Now he’s been arrested for it

The Independent  

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How Las Vegas police caught Tupac’s alleged murderer after three decades
1 year, 2 months ago

How Las Vegas police caught Tupac’s alleged murderer after three decades

The Independent  

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Defendant in Tupac Shakur killing case is represented by well-known Las Vegas lawyer
1 year, 2 months ago

Defendant in Tupac Shakur killing case is represented by well-known Las Vegas lawyer

Associated Press  

LAS VEGAS — The Southern California street gang leader charged in the fatal shooting of Tupac Shakur in 1996 in Las Vegas will make a court appearance Thursday with a lawyer from one of the city’s best-known political families, one that has represented mobsters, athletes and other famous clients. Attorney Ross Goodman told The Associated Press Wednesday he’ll appear in …

Tupac Shakur’s murder: Why it took so long for the cops to arrest Keffe D.
1 year, 2 months ago

Tupac Shakur’s murder: Why it took so long for the cops to arrest Keffe D.

Slate  

On a chilly night in December 2019, I settled into the musty couch of my basement Airbnb apartment in Brooklyn and made a call to the man who was still telling everyone that he’d been part of the crew that murdered Tupac Shakur. He’d recount his role that night: He was in the front passenger seat of the white Cadillac …

Who witnessed Tupac Shakur’s 1996 killing in Las Vegas? Here’s what we know
1 year, 2 months ago

Who witnessed Tupac Shakur’s 1996 killing in Las Vegas? Here’s what we know

Associated Press  

LAS VEGAS — Duane “Keffe D” Davis is the last living suspect in one of hip-hop’s most enduring mysteries — the 1996 killing of rap icon Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas. Davis, 60, is accused of orchestrating the drive-by shooting near the Las Vegas Strip that also wounded rap music mogul Marion “Suge” Knight. Anderson, who denied involvement in Shakur’s …

Tupac Shakur’s killing brought ‘10 days of hell’ to Compton. The bloodshed helped crack the case
1 year, 2 months ago

Tupac Shakur’s killing brought ‘10 days of hell’ to Compton. The bloodshed helped crack the case

LA Times  

Tupac Shakur was killed in Las Vegas, but it was in Compton — home to both the rapper’s allies and his accused killers — where the aftershocks erupted. So began “the 10 days of hell,” said Robert Ladd, a former Compton detective who investigated Shakur’s death and the retaliatory killings that spiraled from it. The Vegas detectives said they’d gotten …

Suspect charged in rapper Tupac Shakur’s fatal shooting makes first court appearance in Las Vegas
1 year, 2 months ago

Suspect charged in rapper Tupac Shakur’s fatal shooting makes first court appearance in Las Vegas

Associated Press  

LAS VEGAS — A self-described gangster who police and prosecutors say masterminded the 1996 shooting death of Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas made his first court appearance Wednesday on a murder charge. Mopreme Shakur, the rapper’s stepbrother, wasn’t in court Wednesday but told The Associated Press that he’s been following developments in the case from his home in Los Angeles, …

Suspect charged in Tupac Shakur’s fatal shooting makes first court appearance in Las Vegas
1 year, 2 months ago

Suspect charged in Tupac Shakur’s fatal shooting makes first court appearance in Las Vegas

LA Times  

A self-described gangster who police and prosecutors say masterminded the 1996 shooting death of Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas made his first court appearance Wednesday on a murder charge. Mopreme Shakur, the late rapper’s stepbrother, wasn’t in court Wednesday but told the Associated Press that he’s been following developments in the case from his home in Los Angeles, as he …

Arrest in Tupac Shakur killing stemmed from Biggie Smalls death investigation
1 year, 2 months ago

Arrest in Tupac Shakur killing stemmed from Biggie Smalls death investigation

Associated Press  

LAS VEGAS — The first arrest in the 1996 slaying of Tupac Shakur had its roots in the investigation of the killing of Biggie Smalls. “He confesses to his involvement in the Tupac Shakur case, he gives all the details of how he and his co-conspirators killed Tupac,” Kading recalled in an interview Friday with The Associated Press. CAPTION CORRECTION: …

Arrest in Tupac Shakur killing stemmed from Biggie Smalls death investigation
1 year, 2 months ago

Arrest in Tupac Shakur killing stemmed from Biggie Smalls death investigation

The Independent  

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Why it took 27 years for an arrest in Tupac Shakur’s Las Vegas killing
1 year, 2 months ago

Why it took 27 years for an arrest in Tupac Shakur’s Las Vegas killing

LA Times  

Nearly three decades ago, Tupac Shakur was riding in a BMW driven by Death Row Records boss Marion “Suge” Knight. Then on Friday, Las Vegas authorities charged Duane “Keffe D” Davis, 60, with murder. “‘I don’t want to be in the van anymore because these individuals aren’t down with what I want to do: Go shoot Tupac Shakur and Marion …

Suspect Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis charged with 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur
1 year, 2 months ago

Suspect Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis charged with 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur

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An arrest has been made in Tupac Shakur’s killing. Here’s what we know about the case
1 year, 2 months ago

An arrest has been made in Tupac Shakur’s killing. Here’s what we know about the case

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — An arrest has been made in Tupac Shakur’s killing, the latest twist in one of the biggest unsolved cases in hip-hop history. Details from the warrant obtained by The Associated Press shows detectives collected multiple computers, a cellular telephone, “documentary documents,” a Vibe magazine that featured Shakur, several.40-caliber bullets, two “tubs containing photographs” and a copy of …

Last living suspect in 1996 drive-by shooting of Tupac Shakur indicted in Las Vegas on murder charge
1 year, 2 months ago

Last living suspect in 1996 drive-by shooting of Tupac Shakur indicted in Las Vegas on murder charge

Associated Press  

LAS VEGAS — A man who prosecutors say ordered the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur was arrested and charged with murder Friday in a long-awaited breakthrough in one of hip-hop’s most enduring mysteries. “Duane Davis was the shot caller for this group of individuals that committed this crime,” said Las Vegas police homicide Lt. Jason Johansson, “and he orchestrated …

Suspect charged with murder in 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur
1 year, 2 months ago

Suspect charged with murder in 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur

LA Times  

Rapper Tupac Shakur poses backstage after his performance at the Regal Theater in Chicago in March 1994. Davis, who has no listed attorney of record, had previously described his activities in the South Side Compton Crips gang and said he was inside the white Cadillac from which Shakur’s killer fired. “Little did anyone know that it was this incident right …

Who is Duane Davis, the man police just arrested in connection to Tupac’s murder?
1 year, 2 months ago

Who is Duane Davis, the man police just arrested in connection to Tupac’s murder?

LA Times  

Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson stands beside a photo of Duane “Keefe D” Davis during a news conference on an indictment in the 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur on Sept. 29, 2023, in Las Vegas. Duane “Keffe D” Davis grew up in Compton and joined the South Side Compton Crips at a young age. In his memoir “Compton …

Police videos show SWAT officers detaining man, woman during home raid in Tupac Shakur cold case
1 year, 4 months ago

Police videos show SWAT officers detaining man, woman during home raid in Tupac Shakur cold case

Associated Press  

LAS VEGAS — Police lapel videos captured the moments a couple was detained by Las Vegas SWAT officers during a nighttime raid at a home in July in connection with the cold case killing of rapper Tupac Shakur. The 24 heavily redacted videos obtained Thursday by The Associated Press do not provide a view into the home or identify the …

Why is Tupac Shakur’s murder investigation being revived?
1 year, 4 months ago

Why is Tupac Shakur’s murder investigation being revived?

Al Jazeera  

Rap artist Tupac Shakur died in 1996, after being shot in the chest on the Las Vegas Strip. Now, police are set to present evidence to a grand jury, after raiding a house belonging to Duane Keith Davis, known as Keefe D, Tupac’s lyrics criticising police and his family’s background in the Black Panther Party may be reasons why the …

Tupac Shakur: Las Vegas home raided in connection to 1996 murder is tied to prime suspect’s uncle Keefe D
1 year, 5 months ago

Tupac Shakur: Las Vegas home raided in connection to 1996 murder is tied to prime suspect’s uncle Keefe D

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Who is Orlando Anderson, prime suspect in the Tupac Shakur drive-by shooting
1 year, 5 months ago

Who is Orlando Anderson, prime suspect in the Tupac Shakur drive-by shooting

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Police seized laptops, memoir from Vegas-area home of witness to Tupac Shakur’s 1996 killing
1 year, 5 months ago

Police seized laptops, memoir from Vegas-area home of witness to Tupac Shakur’s 1996 killing

Associated Press  

LAS VEGAS — A home that Las Vegas police raided this week in connection with the 1996 drive-by shooting of Tupac Shakur is tied to one of the only surviving witnesses to the crime, a man long known to investigators whose nephew was seen as a suspect shortly after the rapper’s killing. Police reported collecting multiple computers, a cellphone and …

Tupac Shakur Murder: Police took items from home of witness to shooting, warrant shows
1 year, 5 months ago

Tupac Shakur Murder: Police took items from home of witness to shooting, warrant shows

CNN  

CNN — Property records show that a house searched in connection with the investigation into Tupac Shakur’s killing belongs to the wife of a self-proclaimed witness to the rapper’s shooting. The search warrant, obtained by CNN, names Duane Keith Davis and shows police were looking for “items that tend to show evidence of motive and/or the identity of the perpetrator …

After nearly 30 years, there’s movement in the case of Tupac Shakur’s killing. Here’s what we know
1 year, 5 months ago

After nearly 30 years, there’s movement in the case of Tupac Shakur’s killing. Here’s what we know

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — An investigation into Tupac Shakur’s unsolved killing has been revived. A copy of the warrant obtained Thursday shows detectives collected multiple computers, a cellular telephone, “documentary documents,” a Vibe magazine that featured Shakur, several.40-caliber bullets, two “tubs containing photographs” and a copy of Davis’ 2019 memoir, ”Compton Street Legend.” A case is being presented to a grand …

Tupac Shakur killing: Vegas-area search linked to man who claims he was in car with killer
1 year, 5 months ago

Tupac Shakur killing: Vegas-area search linked to man who claims he was in car with killer

LA Times  

A home in a Las Vegas suburb searched Monday night by Las Vegas police in connection with the unsolved slaying of Tupac Shakur is tied to a man who previously said publicly he was in the car with the shooter, sources have told The Times. In his book, “Compton Street Legend,” Davis — a self-described South Side Compton Crips gang …

Tupac Shakur’s long-unsolved killing again under spotlight as Las Vegas police conduct search
1 year, 5 months ago

Tupac Shakur’s long-unsolved killing again under spotlight as Las Vegas police conduct search

Associated Press  

LAS VEGAS — Las Vegas police confirmed Tuesday that they served a search warrant this week in connection with the long-unsolved killing of Tupac Shakur, propelling the case back into the spotlight nearly 30 years after his death. Shakur was shot while sitting inside a black BMW with Marion “Suge” Knight, head of Death Row Records. 1 albums: 1995’s “Me …

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