Tupac Shakur murder trial: gang leader in court accused of orchestrating 1996 killing of rap star

Published August 18, 2026 · Category: News

Overview

Duane Davis is only man ever charged in relation to drive-by shooting of Shakur in Las Vegas

• What we know about Tupac Shakur’s death and what to expect from murder trial

The second day of the Tupac Shakur’s murder trial began with more audio from a years-old interview between Duane “Keffe D” Davis, who is accused of orchestrating Shakur’s shooting, and Fred Miller, a former Los Angeles police detective who had investigated Davis in connection with the 1997 murder of Christopher Wallace, the rapper known as Biggie Smalls or the Notorious BIG. Attorneys continued to play a lengthy audio recording of Miller questioning Davis in 1997.

Details

As reported yesterday, Davis was present at a party that Wallace had attended before he was shot, but Davis’s attorney emphasized he was not charged in Wallace’s murder, and the judge told jurors that law enforcement did not believe Davis was involved.

Source

Originally published at www.theguardian.com.

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