A Las Vegas jury found Duane "Keffe D" Davis guilty of rapper Tupac Shakur's 1996 murder. The verdict was delivered on Monday, August 31, 2026, with jurors deliberating for approximately three hours. This marks the first conviction in a case that was among the most notorious unsolved murders in the history of American hip-hop. irozhlas.cz ↗
Davis was a former leader of the South Side Compton Crips gang, which operated in parts of Los Angeles during the 1990s. The prosecution charged him with orchestrating an attack on Shakur on September 7, 1996, in Las Vegas. The rapper died days later from injuries sustained in a drive-by shooting. The prosecutor described Davis as the person who directed the effort to kill Shakur at the scene. STVR (Minute by Minute) ↗
The case relied significantly on Davis's own confessions and public statements, including his memoirs. The defense argued that direct physical evidence was lacking. Even after the verdict was rendered, it remains unclear, according to available information, who directly shot Shakur. novinky.cz ↗
Following the court's decision, Davis announced he would appeal. The verdict closes an important chapter in the nearly thirty-year-old case, which had long been accompanied by questions about the gang background of the attack, rivalry on the hip-hop scene, and the circumstances of the Las Vegas shooting. The Guardian ↗
Davis Guilty of Tupac Shakur's Murder After Nearly 30 Years
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