Las Vegas —
It took close to 30 years for someone to be arrested in the drive-by murder of rap legend Tupac Shakur, an extraordinary stretch that turned the young singer’s 1996 killing into the stuff of legend and conspiracy.
By contrast, it took less than three hours for a jury of 12 Clark County, Nevada, residents to convict Duane “Keffe D” Davis, a former leader in the South Side Compton Crips, of first-degree murder – less time than the closing statements in the trial took.
As a court clerk read aloud the verdict, Shakur’s family members erupted into constrained emotion, with his sister Sekyiwa “Set” Shakur crying quietly. Other Shakur family members clasped hands and embraced; on the other side of the courtroom, Davis’ son, Duane Davis, Jr., held a hand to his face.
Emotions pour from Tupac Shakur's loved ones as guilty verdict is read in court
