Tupac Shakur's Supposed Killer found and arrested

Ki'lynn Sampson

October 2023

On September, 7th, 1996 at 11:15 p.m, Tupac Shakur, a 25 year old rapper and actor, was fatally shot in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas Valley, Nevada. The Shooting occurred when the car carrying Shakur stopped at a red light On East Flamingo and Koval Lane. Tupac was struck by four rounds, 2 in the chest, one in the arm and one in the leg. He died from his wounds six days later. 

On July 18th 2023, the Las Vegas police department executed a search warrant in connection with Shakur’s murder. The search was conducted on a home in Henderson, Nevada, and stated to be connected to the investigation of Tupac Shakur’s death. It was later revealed that the house belonged to the wife of Duane Keffe D Davis. On September 29th  2023. Nearly three decades after the shooting, Duane Keffe D Daivs was

Photo of Duane Davis at his court hearing for Shakur's death

Charged with murder in connection to the fatal shooting that killed Tupac. “No he didn't do it, he was the getaway driver.” Samatha Cosby said referring to Davis being charged with murder she also replied “Not Davis, his friends.” Based on this, I think he did but there was another person that died 2 years after Tupac. I think he was killed instead. Davis said the stools came from the backseat and he was in the front.” Kimarii Finnie stated.

Davis had been a long-known suspect in the case, and publicly admitted his role in the killing in interviews ahead of his 2019 tell-all memoir, “Compton Street Legend.” “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.” Davis’ own comments revived the police investigation that led to the allegation, 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. 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.” 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.