{"id":187595,"date":"2023-10-03T09:32:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T09:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/?p=187595"},"modified":"2023-10-03T09:32:01","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T09:32:01","slug":"suge-knight-insists-he-wont-testify-against-tupac-murder-suspect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/world-news\/suge-knight-insists-he-wont-testify-against-tupac-murder-suspect\/","title":{"rendered":"Suge Knight insists he won&apos;t testify against Tupac murder suspect"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Suge Knight insists he won&#8217;t testify against Tupac murder suspect, despite being with rapper when he was murdered, as he hints he thinks cops have got the wrong man<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Knight, the 58-year-old Death Row Records co-founder, stated that he would not be taking the stand in court against suspect Duane &#8216;Keefe D&#8217; Davis<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He was injured during the 1996 shooting, and despite being the only living witness, said: &#8216;1000% I wouldn&#8217;t go. I wouldn&#8217;t testify, none of that&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Marion &#8216;Suge&#8217; Knight has insisted that he won&#8217;t be testifying against Tupac&#8217;s murder suspect despite being with the rapper when he was killed.<\/p>\n<p>Duane &#8216;Keefe D&#8217; Davis, 60, was taken into custody last week by Las Vegas detectives and has been charged with murder with use of a deadly weapon.<\/p>\n<p>Knight, the 58-year-old Death Row Records co-founder, told TMZ\u00a0that he believes police have arrested the wrong man for Tupac&#8217;s murder, and stated that he would not be taking the stand in court.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He was injured during the 1996 shooting, and despite being the only living witness, said: &#8216;1000% I wouldn&#8217;t go. I wouldn&#8217;t testify, none of that.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Knight is currently serving a 28-year jail sentence for a hit-and-run crash in 2015.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Following the news last week, Chief Deputy District Attorney Marc DiGiacomo described Davis as the &#8216;on-ground, on-site commander&#8217; who &#8216;ordered the death&#8217; of Shakur. Davis was denied bail by Clark County District Judge Jerry Wiese.<\/p>\n<p>Shakur was 25 years old when he was shot four times in the chest on September 7, 1996 while he was in Las Vegas. He died on September 13.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/03\/06\/76091397-12586487-Pictured_Tupac_Shakur_and_Marion_Suge_Knight_Knight_the_58_year_-a-93_1696312628551.jpg\" height=\"600\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Pictured:\u00a0Tupac Shakur and Marion Suge Knight.\u00a0Knight, the 58-year-old Death Row Records co-founder, said that he believes police have arrested the wrong man for Tupac&#8217;s murder, and stated that he would not be taking the stand in court<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/03\/06\/75995259-12586487-Duane_Keefe_D_Davis_was_taken_into_custody_on_Friday_morning_by_-a-92_1696312628550.jpg\" height=\"739\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Duane &#8216;Keefe D&#8217; Davis was taken into custody on Friday morning\u00a0by Las Vegas detectives and has been charged with murder with use of a deadly weapon<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/03\/06\/75986613-12586487-American_rapper_and_actor_Tupac_Shakur_was_killed_in_a_drive_by_-a-9_1696309782745.jpg\" height=\"914\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>American rapper and actor Tupac Shakur was killed in a drive by shooting which has been unsolved for 27 years<\/p>\n<p>Shakur was in a BMW driven by Knight in a convoy of about 10 cars.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They were waiting at a red light when a white Cadillac pulled up next to them and gunfire erupted.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Cops say that Davis started to &#8216;devise a plan&#8217; to kill Shakur and Marion &#8216;Suge&#8217; Knight after they attacked his nephew at a Mike Tyson boxing match.<\/p>\n<p>They added that the rapper and his manager were with members of the Mob Piru gang, and knew that the shooting was a &#8216;gang&#8217; investigation from the offset.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/29\/21\/75993759-12576243-image-a-52_1696019058416.jpg\" height=\"383\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Davis is the only one of the three suspects who was in the car that night who is still alive<\/p>\n<p>A Nevada grand jury indicted Davis in the killing after being seated for &#8216;several months&#8217;. Davis was arrested while on a walk near his home last week.<\/p>\n<p>He has spoken openly about being at the scene of the drive-by shooting 27 years ago, and admitted handing the murder weapon to a fellow gang member. Davis is the only one who was in the car that night who is still alive.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Mopreme Shakur, Tupac&#8217;s step-brother, called the arrest of Davis 27 years after the death of the rapper &#8216;bittersweet&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We have been through decades of pain,&#8217; he told CNN, &#8216;They have known about this guy, who been running his mouth, for years.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;So why now? For us, this is not over. We want to know why, and if there were any accomplices.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>During a press conference on Friday, homicide Lt. Jason Johansson called Davis the &#8216;leader and shot caller.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>He admitted that many facts of the case were known to cops in the &#8216;first few months&#8217; of the investigation, but they reinvigorated their efforts in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Johansson said the police department &#8216;knew this was likely our last time to take a run at this case to successfully solve this case and bring forth a criminal charge&#8217; after Davis made &#8216;admissions to his involvement&#8217; of the homicide.<\/p>\n<p>Police believe Davis obtained the gun that was used from a &#8216;close associate,&#8217; but declined to give any more details, saying they would come out during the trial.<\/p>\n<p>Sheriff Kevin McMahill added that the case was &#8216;far from over&#8217;, saying they are working to build a &#8216;successful prosecution&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>District Attorney Steve Wolfson said: &#8216;It has often been said that justice delayed is justice denied. In this case, justice has been delayed, but justice won&#8217;t be denied.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Davis wrote in his 2019 tell-all memoir &#8216;Compton Street Legend,&#8217; that he was in the Cadillac involved in the shooting.<\/p>\n<p>In the book, he said that he told authorities about his involvement in the killing in 2010, during a closed-door meeting with federal and local authorities.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;They promised they would shred the indictment and stop the grand jury if I helped them out,&#8217; he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, he was 46 and facing life in prison on drug charges when he agreed to speak with the authorities.<\/p>\n<p>The arrest comes two months after Vegas cops raided Davis&#8217; wife&#8217;s home on July 17, looking for items &#8216;concerning the murder of Tupac Shakur.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/03\/06\/75995279-12586487-Homicide_Lt_Jason_Johansson_called_Davis_the_leader_and_shot_cal-a-94_1696312628551.jpg\" height=\"493\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Homicide Lt. Jason Johansson called Davis the &#8216;leader and shot caller&#8217;, during a press conference<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/03\/06\/75991903-12586487-image-a-95_1696312628567.jpg\" height=\"452\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Authorities seized multiple computers, a cell phone and a hard drive from the property, and a Vibe magazine featuring Shakur.<\/p>\n<p>They also took several 40-caliber bullets, two &#8216;tubs containing photographs&#8217; and a copy of Davis&#8217; memoir.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Shakur&#8217;s death came as his fourth solo album, &#8216;All Eyez on Me,&#8217; remained on the charts, with some 5 million copies sold.<\/p>\n<p>Nominated six times for a Grammy Award, Shakur is largely considered one of the most influential and versatile rappers of all time.<\/p>\n<p>He was feuding at the time with rap rival Biggie Smalls, also known as the Notorious B.I.G., who was fatally shot in March 1997.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, both rappers were in the middle of an East Coast-West Coast rivalry that primarily defined the hip-hop scene during the mid-1990s.<\/p>\n<p>Shakur accused Biggie and Sean &#8216;Diddy&#8217; Combs, of being behind another shooting in 1994.<\/p>\n<p>He was shot in a hotel lobby and was seriously injured, but survived the attack, accusing both of the rappers of being linked to the attack.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12586487\/Suge-Knight-wont-testify-Tupac-murder.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Suge Knight insists he won&#8217;t testify against Tupac murder suspect, despite being with rapper when he was murdered, as he<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":187594,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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