Ex-gang boss sentenced to 40 years for orchestrating Tupac Shakur's murder
Summary
Duane "Keffe D" Davis has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for planning the 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur. Davis admitted in a book that he supplied the gun used in the shooting, and a judge allowed his police interview to be used as evidence in the trial.Key Facts
- Duane Davis, a former gang leader, was convicted of murder with a deadly weapon.
- Tupac Shakur was killed in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas on September 7, 1996.
- Davis was found guilty for planning the murder, though he did not fire the gun himself.
- He admitted in his 2019 memoir to giving the gun used in the killing.
- Davis gave a secret 2008 police interview about his role in Tupac’s death.
- This interview was initially protected by an agreement but became admissible after Davis publicly discussed the murder.
- Tupac was 25 and a very influential rapper at the time of his death.
- Orlando Anderson, Davis’ nephew and the shooter, died in an unrelated shooting in 1998 and denied involvement in Tupac's murder.
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