A self-described gangster who police and prosecutors say masterminded the 1996 shooting death of Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas will make his first appearance Wednesday before a Nevada judge.
Duane “Keffe D” Davis, 60, was arrested Friday during an early morning walk near his home in suburban Henderson.
A grand jury indictment was unsealed in Clark County District Court a few hours later charging him with murder.
Grand juries also voted to add sentencing enhancements for use of a deadly weapon and alleged gang activity.
If Davis is convicted, that could add decades to his sentence.
Davis denied a request from The Associated Press for an interview from the jail where he is being held without bail.
Court records do not list any attorneys who could comment on his behalf.
Davis had been a suspect in the case and publicly admitted his role in the murder in interviews before his tell-all 2019 memoir, “Compton Street Legend.”
“There’s one thing that’s for sure when you live that gangster lifestyle,” he wrote. “You already know that what you publish will come back; You never know how or when, but there is never a doubt that it will come.”
Davis had been a suspect in the case and publicly admitted his role in the murder in interviews before his tell-all 2019 memoir, “Compton Street Legend.” Las Vegas Metropolitan Police De/AFP via Getty Images Prosecutors say Davis masterminded the shooting death. by Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas in 1996.AP
Davis’ own comments revived the police investigation that led to the indictment, police and prosecutors said.
In mid-July, Las Vegas police raided Davis’ home, bringing renewed attention to one of hip-hop music’s most enduring mysteries.
Prosecutors allege that Shakur’s murder stemmed from a rivalry and competition for dominance in a musical genre that, at the time, was called “gangsta rap.”
It pitted East Coast members of a Bloods gang sect associated with rap music mogul Marion “Suge” Knight against West Coast members of a Crips sect that Davis said he ran in Compton, California.
Duane “Keffe D” Davis, 60, was arrested Friday during an early morning walk near his home in suburban HendersonAP.
Tension rose in Las Vegas on the night of September 7, 1996, when a fight broke out between Shakur and Davis’s nephew, Orlando “Baby Lane” Anderson, at the MGM Grand hotel-casino after a championship boxing match. heavyweight title won by Mike Tyson. .
Knight and Shakur went to the fight, as did members of the South Side Crips,” prosecutor Marc DiGiacomo said in court last week. “And (Knight) brought his entourage, which included members of the Mob Piru gang.”
After the casino fight, Knight drove a BMW with Shakur in the front passenger seat. The car was stopped at a red light near the Las Vegas Strip when a white Cadillac pulled up to the passenger side and gunfire erupted.
Shakur died after being shot several times a week later, at age 25. Knight was grazed by a bullet fragment.
Davis has said he was in the front passenger seat of the Cadillac and handed a .40-caliber handgun to his nephew in the back seat, from where he said the shots were fired.
In Nevada, a person can be convicted of murder for helping another person commit the crime.
Among the four people in the Cadillac that night, Davis is the only one still alive. Anderson was killed in a shooting in May 1998 in Compton.
Before his death, Anderson denied involvement in Shakur’s death. The other backseat passenger, DeAndre “Big Dre” or “Freaky” Smith, died in 2004.
The driver, Terrence “Bubble Up” Brown, was killed in a 2015 shooting in Compton.
Among the four people in the Cadillac that night, Davis is the only one still alive. Anderson was killed in a shooting in May 1998 in Compton. Prosecutors allege that Shakur’s murder stemmed from a rivalry and competition for dominance in a musical genre that, at the time, was called “gangsta rap.”
Knight, now 58, is serving a 28-year prison sentence for running over and killing a Compton businessman outside a hamburger stand in January 2015.
Sheriff Kevin McMahill, who oversees the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, acknowledged criticism that his agency was slow to investigate Shakur’s murder.
“That just wasn’t the case,” McMahill said. He called the investigation “important for this police department.”
Sheriff Kevin McMahill, who oversees the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, has acknowledged criticism that his agency was slow to investigate Shakur’s murder. Getty Images It pitted East Coast members of a Bloods gang sect associated with rap music mogul Marion “Suge” Knight against the West Coast. members of a Crips cult that Davis said she ran in Compton, California.Barbara Davidson/The New York Post
Shakur’s sister, Sekyiwa “Set” Shakur, issued a statement describing the arrest as “a turning point” but did not praise the authorities who investigated the case.
“The silence of the last 27 years surrounding this case has spoken loudly in our community,” he said.
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