{"id":187653,"date":"2023-10-04T15:22:26","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T15:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/?p=187653"},"modified":"2023-10-04T15:22:26","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T15:22:26","slug":"self-described-gangster-duane-keffe-d-davis-set-to-appear-in-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/world-news\/self-described-gangster-duane-keffe-d-davis-set-to-appear-in-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Self-described gangster Duane 'Keffe D' Davis set to appear in court"},"content":{"rendered":"
A self-proclaimed gangster, accused by law enforcement of orchestrating the fatal 1996 shooting of rapper Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas,\u00a0is scheduled to appear before\u00a0 a Nevada judge for the first time on Wednesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis, 60, was arrested Friday during an early-morning stroll near his home in suburban Henderson.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He was charged with murder a few hours later after a grand jury indictment was unsealed in Clark County District Court.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Additionally, grand jurors voted to add sentencing enhancements for the use of a deadly weapon and alleged gang activity. If Davis is convicted, that could add decades to his sentence.<\/p>\n
Davis had been a suspect in the case, and publicly admitted his role in the killing in interviews ahead of his 2019 tell-all memoir, ‘Compton Street Legend.’\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Pictured: Mug shot of Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis, from Sept. 29, in Las Vegas. Davis was charged in the 1996 fatal drive-by shooting of rapper Tupac Shakur (Las Vegas Police Department via AP)<\/p>\n
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Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson stands beside a photo of Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis during a news conference on an indictment in the 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur, Friday, Sept. 29, in Las Vegas\u00a0<\/p>\n
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A portion of a mural by artist sloe_motions depicting Tupac Shakur is seen on the side of Speedy Auto Tint on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, in Bellflower, Calif. (AP Photo\/Chris Pizzello)<\/p>\n
‘There’s one thing that’s for sure when living that gangster lifestyle,’ he wrote. ‘You already know that the stuff you put out is going to come back; you never know how or when, but there’s never a doubt that it’s coming.’<\/p>\n
Davis’ own comments revived the police investigation that led to the indictment, police and prosecutors said. In mid-July, Las Vegas police raided Davis’ home, drawing renewed attention to one of hip-hop music’s most enduring mysteries.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors allege Shakur’s killing stemmed from a rivalry and competition for dominance in a musical genre that, at the time, was dubbed ‘gangsta rap.’\u00a0<\/p>\n
It pitted East Coast members of a Bloods gang sect associated with rap music mogul Marion ‘Suge’ Knight against West Coast members of a Crips sect that Davis has said he led in Compton, California.<\/p>\n
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Authorities seized multiple computers, a cell phone and a hard drive from the property, and a Vibe magazine featuring Shakur from the property<\/p>\n
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September 7 marked the 27th anniversary of Tupac’s death, with the California Love rapper dying after being shot by a semi-automatic pistol<\/p>\n
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Davis admitted to targeting Tupac after he beat up his nephew, who was a member of the Compton Crip gang\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Homicide Lt. Jason Johansson called Davis the ‘leader and shot caller’, during a press conference on Friday<\/p>\n
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Chief Deputy District Attorney Marc DiGiacomo described Davis as the ‘on-ground, on-site commander’ who ‘ordered the death’ of Shakur. Davis was denied bail by Clark County District Judge Jerry Wiese<\/p>\n
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Shakur was 25 when he was gunned down on the Vegas strip on 7 September 1996 while riding in a BMW<\/p>\n
Tension escalated in Las Vegas the night of Sept. 7, 1996, when a brawl broke out between Shakur and Davis’ nephew, Orlando ‘Baby Lane’ Anderson, at the MGM Grand hotel-casino following a heavyweight championship boxing match won by Mike Tyson.<\/p>\n
Knight and Shakur went to the fight, as did members of the South Side Crips,’ prosecutor Marc DiGiacomo said last week in court.<\/p>\n
‘And (Knight) brought his entourage, which involved Mob Piru gang members.’<\/p>\n
After the casino brawl, Knight drove a BMW with Shakur in the front passenger seat.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The car was stopped at a red light near the Las Vegas Strip when a white Cadillac pulled up on the passenger side and gunfire erupted.<\/p>\n
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American rapper and actor Tupac Shakur was killed in a drive by shooting which has been unsolved for 27 years<\/p>\n
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Shakur was in a BMW driven by Death Row Records founder Marion ‘Suge’ Knight in a convoy of about 10 cars\u00a0<\/p>\n
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He was feuding at the time with rap rival Biggie Smalls (left) , also known as the Notorious B.I.G., who was fatally shot in March 1997<\/p>\n
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Mopreme Shakur, Tupac’s step-brother, called the arrest of Davis 27 years after the death of the rapper ‘bittersweet’<\/p>\n
Shot multiple times, Shakur died a week later at age 25. Knight was grazed by a bullet fragment.<\/p>\n
Davis has said he was in the front passenger seat of the Cadillac and handed a .40-caliber handgun to his nephew in the back seat, from which he said the shots were fired.<\/p>\n
In Nevada, a person can be convicted of murder for helping another person commit the crime.<\/p>\n
Among the four people in the Cadillac that night, Davis is the only one still alive. Anderson died in a May 1998 shooting in Compton.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Before his death, Anderson denied involvement in Shakur\u00b4s death. The other backseat passenger, DeAndre ‘Big Dre’ or ‘Freaky’ Smith, died in 2004.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The driver, Terrence ‘Bubble Up’ Brown, died in a 2015 shooting in Compton.<\/p>\n
Knight, now 58, is now serving a 28-year prison sentence for running over and killing a Compton businessman outside a burger stand in January 2015.<\/p>\n
Sheriff Kevin McMahill, who oversees the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, has acknowledged criticism that his agency was slow to investigate Shakur’s killing.<\/p>\n
‘That was simply not the case,’ McMahill said. He called the investigation ‘important to this police department.’<\/p>\n
Shakur’s sister, Sekyiwa ‘Set’ Shakur, issued a statement describing the arrest as ‘a pivotal moment’ but didn’t praise authorities who investigated the case.<\/p>\n
‘The silence of the past 27 years surrounding this case has spoken loudly in our community,’ she said.<\/p>\n
Earlier this week, the brother of Tupac Shakur has taken aim at Las Vegas detectives after they announced charges against a 60-year-old gang leader in the murder of the rapper who has been bragging about his involvement for years.<\/p>\n
Mopreme Shakur, Tupac’s step-brother, called the arrest of Davis 27 years after the death of the rapper ‘bittersweet’.<\/p>\n
‘We have been through decades of pain,’ he told CNN, ‘They have known about this guy, who been running his mouth, for years.<\/p>\n
‘So why now? For us, this is not over. We want to know why, and if there were any accomplices.’<\/p>\n
Chief Deputy District Attorney Marc DiGiacomo described Davis as the ‘on-ground, on-site commander’ who ‘ordered the death’ of Shakur. Davis was denied bail by\u00a0Clark County District Judge Jerry Wiese.<\/p>\n