Jump to contentAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleDuane "Keffe D" Davis has been found guilty of orchestrating the 1996 murder of rap icon Tupac Shakur, marking the first conviction in the long-unsolved case. A jury in Las Vegas convicted the 63-year-old of murder with a deadly weapon following less than three hours of deliberation. Prosecutors established that Davis obtained the gun and directed the drive-by attack as retaliation after Shakur beat up Davis' nephew earlier that evening. Although Davis was not the gunman, Nevada law allows accomplices to be convicted of murder, and he is the sole survivor of the four men inside the Cadillac. Davis faces a possible life sentence in prison for his role in the September 1996 attack that led to Shakur's death six days later. In fullJury convicts man of first-degree murder for 1996 slaying of rapper Tupac ShakurMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Ex-gang leader found guilty of murder in historic Tupac case
Jump to contentAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleDuane "Keffe D" Davis has been found guilty of orchestrating the 1996 murder of rap icon Tupac Shakur, marking the first conviction in the long-unsolved case. A jury in Las Vegas convicted the 63-year-old of murder with a deadly weapon following less than three hours of deliberation. Prosecutors established that Davis obtained the gun and directed the drive-by attack as retaliation after Shakur beat up Davis' nephew earlier that evening. Although Davis was not the gunman, Nevada law allows accomplices to be convicted of murder, and he is the sole survivor of the four men inside the Cadillac. Davis faces a possible life sentence in prison for his role in the September 1996 attack that led to Shakur's death six days later. In fullJury convicts man of first-degree murder for 1996 slaying of rapper Tupac ShakurMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
