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Developments in Tupac murder trial | NewsNation Live
Developments in Tupac murder trial | NewsNation Live
(NewsNation) — Opening statements are set to begin Monday in the highly anticipated murder trial of Duane “Keffe D” Davis, the former gang leader accused of planning the drive-by killing of rap icon Tupac Shakur three decades ago.
Prosecutors say the suspect orchestrated the hit and provided the firearm to the killer after the rapper was involved in a fight with Davis’ nephew hours earlier at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas. Davis is not accused of firing the fatal shot.
Shakur was killed during a stoplight ambush late on Sept. 7, 1996.
In Nevada, a person can be convicted of murder for helping another person commit the crime. Davis faces one count of murder with a deadly weapon with the intent to promote, further or assist a criminal gang.
Prosecutors are expected to build much of their case around a 2019 tell-all memoir Davis co-wrote titled “Compton Street Legend: Notorious........