On Friday, a man who prosecutors say ordered the 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur was arrested and charged with murder in a long-awaited discovery in one of hip-hop’s most long-lasting mysteries.
Duane “Keffe D” Davis, a man who is charged with murder, has long been known to investigators as one of four suspects identified early in the probe. He isn’t the charged gunman but was defined as the group’s ringleader by authorities on Friday at a news conference and in court. In Nevada you can be charged with a crime, including murder, if you support someone to execute the crime.
Las Vegas police homicide Lt. Jason Johansson said, “Duane Davis was the shot caller for this group of individuals that committed this crime and he orchestrated the plan that was carried out.”
Davis himself has acknowledged in interviews and in his 2019 tell-all memoir, “Compton Street Legend,” that he delivered the gun used in the drive-by shooting.
Authorities said on Friday that Davis’ own public comments revived the probe.
Davis was arrested early on Friday while on a walk near his home on the outskirts of Las Vegas, hours before prosecutors declared in court that a Nevada grand jury had indicted the self-described “gangster” on one count of killing with a deadly weapon. He is due in court next week.
The grand jury also voted to add a sentencing enhancement to the killing charge for gang movement that could add up to 20 further years if he’s sentenced.
