A former Los Angeles gang member, Duane “Keffe D” Davis, was found guilty on Monday by a Las Vegas court of the 1996 murder of chart-topping rapper Tupac Shakur.
Thirty years after the rap legend’s death, the jury found Davis, 63, guilty of murder after just a few hours of deliberation.
Duane Davis (C) and his attorney Michael Sanft are led back to a courtroom to hear his sentencing date after a jury found Davis guilty in the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, at Clark County District Court at the Regional Justice Centre in Las Vegas, Nevada, on August 31, 2026. Duane Davis, a former Los Angeles gang member, was found guilty on August 31 by a Las Vegas court of the 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur. Thirty years after the rap legend’s death at a Las Vegas casino, the jury found Davis, 63, guilty of murder after just a few hours of deliberation.
“Count one, murder with use of a deadly weapon, guilty of first-degree murder with use of a deadly weapon,” the foreperson of the jury announced to the court.
Davis, who faces possible life in prison without parole, addressed Judge Carli Kierny after the verdict was announced and stated his intention to appeal.
