Chilling evidence that convicted 63-year-old Duane Davis of the 1996 Las Vegas murder of Tupac Shakur

“I WAS JUST TELLING STORIES TO MAKE MONEY”!!! BELIEVE IT OR NOT, PROSECUTORS SAY DUANE “KEFFE D” DAVIS ORCHESTRATED THE 1996 RETALIATION DRIVE-BY SHOOTING THAT KILLED TUPAC SHAKUR… AND A LAS VEGAS JURY HAS NOW CONVICTED HIM OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER.

On September 7, 1996, at around 11:15 p.m., police officers responded to reports of a drive-by shooting near Flamingo Road and Koval Lane in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Upon arriving at the scene, officers located a man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds inside a vehicle.

A second wounded man was also found inside the same car.

The mortally wounded victim was identified as 25-year-old Tupac Amaru Shakur.

Earlier that evening, Shakur had attended the boxing match between Mike Tyson and Bruce Seldon at the MGM Grand casino.

Shakur was accompanied at the sporting event by Death Row Records co-founder Marion “Suge” Knight alongside other associates.

After the fight concluded, casino surveillance cameras captured a violent altercation inside the MGM Grand.

The footage showed Shakur, Knight and members of their entourage attacking Orlando “Baby Lane” Anderson.

Anderson was associated with the South Side Compton Crips street gang.

Anderson was also the nephew of then-33-year-old Duane “Keffe D” Davis.

Prosecutors later argued that this casino confrontation triggered an immediate plan for armed retaliation.

Later that night, Shakur was traveling in the front passenger seat of a black BMW.

Knight was driving the BMW through Las Vegas.

A white Cadillac pulled alongside Knight’s vehicle near the intersection of Flamingo Road and Koval Lane.

Gunfire suddenly erupted from the white Cadillac.

Shakur was struck four times by bullets during the drive-by attack.

Knight was also wounded during the gunfire but survived his injuries.

Shakur was transported from the scene to a local hospital for emergency medical treatment.

On September 13, 1996, Shakur died from his injuries in the hospital.

Investigators eventually identified the four men riding inside the white Cadillac during the shooting.

The occupants were identified as Davis, Anderson, Deandrae “Freaky” Smith and Terry “Bubble Up” Brown.

Davis was seated in the front passenger seat of the Cadillac.

Brown was operating the vehicle as the driver.

Anderson and Smith were riding together in the back seat.

All three men who accompanied Davis inside the Cadillac died before prosecutors brought criminal charges in Shakur’s death.

For years following the killing, authorities suspected Anderson may have been the person who fired the shots.

Davis himself had previously claimed that Anderson was the shooter.

Yet other testimony presented later suggested Smith may have fired the weapon from the vehicle.

Under the law, prosecutors were not required to prove which specific occupant pulled the trigger to secure a conviction against Davis.

In 2008, Davis sat for a recorded interview with police investigators.

During that 2008 interview, Davis described being inside the white Cadillac when Shakur was shot.

Davis told investigators that he obtained a firearm that night.

Davis said he passed the weapon toward the back seat of the vehicle immediately prior to the shooting.

And in the years that followed, Davis repeatedly spoke about the killing in public forums.

Davis discussed the homicide in various media interviews and television documentaries.

In 2019, Davis released a memoir titled “Compton Street Legend” that detailed the events surrounding the murder.

Those extensive public admissions eventually formed a central pillar of the criminal case against him.

On September 29, 2023, Davis was arrested after a grand jury returned an indictment charging him in connection with Shakur’s murder.

Prosecutors formally accused Davis of masterminding the retaliatory ambush following the brawl at the MGM Grand.

Prosecutors argued that Davis secured the gun used in the attack.

Prosecutors asserted that Davis gathered the group of men into the vehicle.

Prosecutors told jurors that Davis directed the search for Shakur and Knight across Las Vegas.

Prosecutors maintained that Davis authorized the deadly shooting in his role as the senior gang member present in the Cadillac.

Davis maintained his innocence throughout the proceedings.

His defense attorneys argued that his prior public statements were exaggerated or fabricated to generate attention and financial gain.

The defense emphasized that law enforcement investigators never recovered the murder weapon used in the drive-by shooting.

Defense attorneys also pointed out that prosecutors lacked forensic evidence directly placing Davis inside the Cadillac that night.

Davis further argued that his statements during the recorded 2008 interview were covered by an immunity agreement tied to a separate probe.

The presiding judge ultimately ruled that jurors were permitted to hear the 2008 interview recording.

The judge also ruled that jurors could consider all the public statements Davis subsequently made regarding the killing.

In July 2026, Davis went on trial for Shakur’s murder in Nevada state court.

The prosecution called 24 witnesses to testify over the course of nine days.

Davis exercised his constitutional right and did not testify in his own defense.

On August 31, 2026, a 12-person jury began deliberations in the murder trial.

The jury deliberated for less than three hours before reaching a unanimous decision.

The jury found now-63-year-old Davis guilty of first-degree murder.

The guilty verdict represents the first criminal conviction in Shakur’s killing nearly 30 years after the fatal shooting took place.

Davis has not yet been sentenced by the court.

Prosecutors are not seeking the death penalty in the case.

Davis now faces the possibility of spending the rest of his life in prison.