Duane “Keffe D” Davis, the former gang leader accused of orchestrating the 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur, is shifting blame to his late nephew, Orlando Anderson, in his ongoing murder trial. Shakur was fatally shot in a drive-by shooting on the Las Vegas Strip nearly three decades ago. Davis, who was arrested and charged with murder with a deadly weapon in September 2023, remains the only living person from the vehicle involved in the shooting to face charges related to the killing.
- Duane “Keffe D” Davis is facing trial for the September 1996 fatal shooting of rapper Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas.
- Defense arguments focus blame on Davis’s nephew, Orlando Anderson, who was identified as the suspected gunman and died in an unrelated shooting in 1998.
- Davis was arrested in September 2023 following a renewed investigation by Las Vegas authorities.
- Prosecutors allege Davis acquired the firearm used in the killing and coordinated the drive-by attack from inside the vehicle.
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