Tupac Shakur murder trial begins after 3 decades, former gang leader Keffe D accused of killing rap icon

Dua e
‘Keffe
D’
Davis
pleads
ot
guilty
as
Tupac
Shaku
mu de
t ial
ope s
i
Las
Vegas.

The
t ial
of
Dua e
“Keffe
D”
Davis,
the
fo me
st eet
ga g
leade
accused
of
o chest ati g
the
1996
killi g
of
appe
Tupac
Shaku ,
begi s
Mo day
i
Las
Vegas,
ea ly
th ee
decades
afte
the
hip-hop
sta
was
shot.Davis,
63,
faces
o e
cou t
of
mu de
with
a
deadly
weapo
i
Cla k
Cou ty,
Nevada,
acco di g
to
Reute s.He
has
pleaded
ot
guilty.P osecuto s
accuse
Davis
of
o ga isi g
the
attack
afte
a
fight
i volvi g
his
ephew
a d
Shaku ‘s
g oup
at
the
MGM
G a d
casi o
o
Septembe
7,
1996.

How
Tupac
was
killed

Shaku
was
t avelli g
i
a
BMW
with
Ma io
“Suge”
K ight,
co-fou de
of
Death
Row
Reco ds,
whe
a
white
Cadillac
pulled
alo gside
thei
vehicle
ea
the
Las
Vegas
St ip.P osecuto s
allege
Davis
was
i
the
Cadillac
with
th ee
othe
me
a d
had
obtai ed
the
gu
used
i
the
shooti g.Shaku
was
st uck
fou
times.
He
died
i
hospital
six
days
late
at
the
age
of
25.K ight
was
also
i ju ed
whe
a
bullet
f agme t
g azed
his
head.I vestigato s
have
eve
publicly
established
who
fi ed
the
shots.
The
th ee
othe
me
who
we e
i
the
Cadillac
with
Davis
have
si ce
died.

Why
Davis
was
cha ged
yea s
late

The
i vestigatio
emai ed
u esolved
fo
decades
befo e
police
focused
agai
o
Davis
followi g
stateme ts
he
made
publicly
about
the
shooti g.

Autho ities
said
Davis
had
discussed
his
ole
i
i te views
a d
i
his
2019
memoi ,
“Compto
St eet
Lege d.”Acco di g
to
police,
Davis
said
he
was
sitti g
i
the
f o t
passe ge
seat
of
the
Cadillac
a d
passed
the
gu
to
o e
of
the
two
me
sitti g
behi d
him.U de
Nevada
law,
p osecuto s
do
ot
eed
to
p ove
that
Davis
pe so ally
fi ed
the
weapo
to
secu e
a
mu de
co victio .
They
must
establish
that
he
pa ticipated
i
the
killi g.

Ga g
ival y
at
ce t e
of
case

The
shooti g
followed
a
co f o tatio
i volvi g
the
South
Side
Compto
C ips,
which
Davis
has
desc ibed
himself
as
leadi g,
a d
the
Mob
Pi u
g oup
associated
by
police
with
K ight
a d
Death
Row
Reco ds.The
g oups
we e
i
Las
Vegas
fo
a
heavyweight
boxi g
match
betwee
Mike
Tyso
a d
B uce
Seldo
whe
the
fight
at
the
MGM
G a d
took
place.Autho ities
allege
the
shooti g
was
ca ied
out
as
etaliatio
fo
the
ea lie
co f o tatio .The
case
became
closely
tied
to
the
wide
East
Coast-West
Coast
ival y
that
domi ated
hip-hop
du i g
the
1990s.
Shaku ‘s
death
i te sified
the
viole ce
a d
te sio
su ou di g
the
ap
sce e
at
the
time.K ight
could
pote tially
testify
du i g
the
t ial.
He
was
with
Shaku
whe
the
shooti g
happe ed
a d
is
cu e tly
se vi g
a
28-yea
p iso
se te ce
fo
a
u elated
volu ta y
ma slaughte
co victio .Shaku ‘s
killi g
emai s
o e
of
the
most
closely
watched
u solved
c imes
i
music
histo y.
His
death
was
followed
six
mo ths
late
by
the
killi g
of
fellow
appe
Ch istophe
Wallace,
k ow
as
The
Noto ious
B.I.G.,
i
Los
A geles.
That
case
emai s
u solved.