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Draft:Duane Davis

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Duane Keith "Keffe D" Davis (born June 14, 1963) is an American former South Side Crips gang leader who was convicted of orchestrating the 1996 Murder of Tupac Shakur. Davis supplied a gun to his nephew Orlando Anderson which was used to kill Shakur.[1][2]

Early life

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Duane Davis was born in Compton, California on June 14, 1963 as one of twelve children (six boys and six girls). His father was a former US Marine from Virginia and his mother was a homemaker originally from Texas. In 1980, his mother died of colon cancer, when Davis was 15. He was diagnosed with colon cancer himself in 2014 but is now in remission. His brother, Mike was shot and killed in 1990.[3] At 9 years old, he met Suge Knight.[4]

In 1971, he started getting involved with the South Side Crips while working in Compton College. He earned money selling drugs. From 1985 till 1989, he served his sentence for supplying drugs which according to him turned him into a "hardened gangster".[2]

Murder of Tupac Shakur

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On September 7, 1996, American rapper Tupac Shakur assaulted Davis' nephew Orlando Anderson at the MGM Grand Arena following the Bruce Seldon vs. Mike Tyson boxing match.[5]

At 11:15 p.m. (PDT), as revenge for the assault on Anderson, Davis supplied Anderson[1] with a .40 caliber Glock 22 pistol[6] which he used to shoot Tupac Shakur and Suge Knight in a drive-by shooting in a white Cadillac with Davis, Terrence "T-Brown" Brown and Deandre Smith.[4] Tupac Shakur later died of his injuries on September 13, 1996.[7]

Police interviews and memoir

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In 1998 and again in 1999, he talked to the FBI and admitted to having been in Las Vegas at the time of the shooting.[2]

In a 2008 interview with a federal task force investigating the Murder of the Notorious B.I.G., Davis instead talked about the shooting of Shakur and described handing a gun to the men in the backseat of a white Cadillac that was used to fire at Tupac Shakur and Suge Knight.[8] According to police, he made his admissions as part of a proffer agreement.[9]

In 2019, he published a memoir Compton Street Legend detailing his criminal history. In the book, he admitted to being in the car from which the shots that killed Tupac were fired. He appeared on two interviews with VladTV.[2][10]

Arrest and trial

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Davis was arrested outside his home on September 29, 2023.[11][12] During his time in jail, he got into a fight with another inmate.[9]

He was found guilty of murdering Shakur on August 31, 2026.[13]

References

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  1. 1 2 Mutanda-Dougherty, Anoushka; Hayes, Christal; Khalil, Shaimaa; Morris, Regan (September 1, 2026). "Ex-gang boss guilty of orchestrating 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur". BBC News. Retrieved September 2, 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "The Tupac Murder Trial: Everything to Know About Keffe D's Case". Complex. August 19, 2026. Retrieved September 2, 2026.
  3. ↑ Peplow, Gemma (September 1, 2026). "How the former gang leader who orchestrated Tupac Shakur's murder talked himself into prison". Sky News. Retrieved September 2, 2026.
  4. 1 2 Tabachnick, Cara (September 30, 2023). "Who is Duane "Keffe D" Davis? What to know about the man indicted in Tupac Shakur's murder". CBS News. Retrieved September 2, 2026.
  5. ↑ Suge Knight: The Rise, Fall, and Rise of Death Row Records: The Story of Marion 'Suge' Knight, a Hard Hitting Study of One Man, One Company That Changed the Course of American Music Forever. Amber Communications Group, Inc. 2001. p. 68. ISBN 978-0970222473.
  6. ↑ Barrett, Paul (2012). Glock: The Rise of America's Gun. Crown/Archetype. p. 77. ISBN 978-0307719942.
  7. ↑ Peplow, Gemma (September 1, 2026). "How the former gang leader who orchestrated Tupac Shakur's murder talked himself into prison". Sky News. Retrieved September 2, 2026.
  8. ↑ "A dispute about fact vs. fiction at the trial over Tupac Shakur's 1996 killing". NPR. August 18, 2026. Retrieved September 2, 2026.
  9. 1 2 Margolin, Josh; Pezenik, Sasha (March 6, 2025). "Tupac Shakur death: Murder suspect insists he's 'innocent' in exclusive jailhouse ABC interview". ABC 7. Retrieved September 2, 2026.
  10. ↑ Elibert, Mark (September 30, 2023). "DJ Vlad Claims He Didn't Cooperate With Las Vegas Police When Asked About Tupac Murder". Complex. Retrieved September 2, 2026.
  11. ↑ "Duane 'Keffe D' Davis indicted on murder charge for Tupac Shakur 1996 shooting". USA TODAY. Archived from the original on September 29, 2023. Retrieved September 29, 2023.
  12. ↑ Yamat, Rio; Ritter, Ken (September 29, 2023). "Last living suspect in 1996 drive-by shooting of Tupac Shakur indicted in Las Vegas on murder charge". Archived from the original on September 30, 2023. Retrieved August 31, 2026.
  13. ↑ Esquibias, Lisa (August 31, 2026). "Tupac Shakur murder trial verdict: Keffe D found guilty nearly 30 years later". USA Today. Retrieved August 31, 2026.
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