Tupac Shakur Murder Trial: Duane "Keffe D" Davis Found Guilty

Tupac Shakur Murder Trial: Who Is Duane "Keffe D" Davis and Why Is He Charged Now?The jury has made a decision regarding the murder of Tupac Shakur. Duane "Keffe D" Davis was found guilty after being charged with one count of murder with use of a deadly weapon and with the intent to promote, further or assist a criminal gang in 2023, following the music icon's tragic death in a 1993 shooting at 25 years old. Shakur was riding with record producer Marion "Suge" Knight in Las Vegas when a car opened fire at a red light. The "Changes" rapper died from four gunshot wounds several days later, while Knight was grazed by a bullet but ultimately survived. (In 2018, he was sentenced to 28 years in prison for unrelated manslaughter charges.) In his 2019 memoir, Compton Street Legend, Davis wrote about obtaining a gun with the intent to hunt down Shakur and said he was present in the passenger seat during the shooting, Chief Deputy District Attorney Marc DiGiacomo explained in a 2023 press conference at the time the charges were indicted. Police alleged the book, as well as Davis' recollections in press interviews, was evidence the 63-year-old was a gang leader who directed the group that carried out the fatal attack, and then incriminated himself publicly over 25 years later. "After Davis obtained a gun, he entered into a white Cadillac, along with Terrence Brown, DeAndre Smith and Orlando Anderson," Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Jason Johansson told reporters at a press conference. "At some point in time, as they were in the white Cadillac, Davis took the gun that he had obtained and provided it to the passengers in the rear of the vehicle." However, Davis later told authorities he had misrepresented the account of events to sell books and accused his co-author Yusef Jah of adding false details, per CNN. For his part, Jah previously told investigators he wrote the book based on conversations with Davis, also admitting he'd "ad-libbed" certain parts, according to The New York Times. As such, Davis pleaded not guilty when the trial began on Aug. 10, while the other suspects named by police were already deceased. In the early days of the proceedings, Davis engaged in a tense exchange with the prosecution, led by Chief Deputy District Attorney Binu Palal.Photo by Steve Marcus / POOL / AFP via Getty Images"I get beat up by the cops, the guy attacked me in here, sent me to prison," Davis told the judge from the defense table Aug. 21, per ABC News, indicating to one of the prosecutorial team when adding, "This is just wrong, and it's mostly this guy." Court transcripts also showed the prosecution played a recording of Davis speaking to investigators in 2009, stating his deceased nephew, Orlando Anderson, "got to shooting" at Shakur in 1993. Later on the tape, he admitted that he expected payment from Sean "Diddy" Combs for the murder. Combs has previously repeatedly denied any involvement in the incident and has never been charged. Read on to revisit the highlights of Shakur's incredible life through photos.Mtv/Amaru/Paramount/Kobal/Shutterstock 1970sClarence Gatson/Gado/Getty Images1989Pat Johnson/Shutterstock1990Mtv/Amaru/Paramount/Kobal/Shutterstock 1990 Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images1992mark peterson/Corbis via Getty Images1993Eli Reed/Columbia/Kobal/Shutterstock1993Al Pereira/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images1994Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images1994Raymond Boyd/Getty Images1994Kevin Mazur Archive/WireImage1996Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images1996Jim Smeal/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images1996Orion/Kobal/Shutterstock 1997For the latest breaking news updates, click here to download the E! News App