Duane "Keffe D" Davis sentenced to 40 years to life for Tupac's murder
Duane "Keffe D" Davis was sentenced to 40 years to life in prison Tuesday in Las Vegas for the 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur.
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Duane "Keffe D" Davis was sentenced to 40 years to life in prison Tuesday in Las Vegas for the 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur.
The man who prosecutors say orchestrated the 1996 killing of rap icon Tupac Shakur, Duane "Keffe D" Davis, is on trial almost 30 years after the drive-by shooting in Las Vegas.
The former Los Angeles-area gang leader charged in Tupac Shakur's 1996 murder can serve house arrest ahead of his trial in June, a judge said Tuesday. His bail was set at $750,000.
A stretch of street in Oakland was renamed Friday for Tupac Shakur, 27 years after the slaying of the hip-hop luminary.
Duane Keith "Keffe D" Davis is the only person still alive who was in the vehicle from which shots were fired in the 1996 killing of rap music icon Tupac Shakur.
The video, obtained by CBS affiliate KLAS-TV, shows an officer approach Davis near his home.
Duane "Keffe D" Davis, 60, has been charged with one count of murder with use of a deadly weapon with a gang enhancement.
One of 12 siblings, Davis said he rose through the ranks to become a "shot caller" of the notorious South Side Compton Crips gang.
Shakur was gunned down in 1996 while waiting at a red light near the Las Vegas Strip in a BMW driven by Death Row Records founder Marion "Suge" Knight.
Tupac wore the custom, self-designed ring during his final public appearance at the 1996 MTV Video Music Awards, a little over a week before his shooting death.
The rap legend wore the gold, ruby and diamond crown ring during his last public appearance in September 1996. He was shot to death days later.
The items were taken from the home of Duane Keith Davis, 60, in Henderson, Nevada.
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department searched a home in Henderson, less than 20 miles from the Las Vegas Strip where Shakur was gunned down in 1996.
Shakur's sister, Sekyiwa "Set" Shakur, will accept the honor on the artist's behalf on June 7 on Hollywood Boulevard.
