Las Vegas Police Arrest Man Connected To Tupac Shakur Murder

Duane “Keffe D” Davis is reportedly below arrest in connection to the killing of Tupac Shakur. Las Vegas police arrested him on Friday — 27 years after the hip hop artist was shot and killed on the town’s Strip.

AP broke the information, citing “two officials with first-hand knowledge of the arrest,” who are usually not approved to talk publicly. Davis reportedly has an indictment scheduled for Friday.

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Duane “Keffe D” Davis Has Previously Admitted To Being Involved In Shooting

According to the outlet, Davis’ connection to Tupac Shakur’s demise is well-documented. He reportedly refers to himself as “one of the last living witnesses” to the capturing of Tupac Shakur.

In the “Compton Street Legend” memoir, Duane admitted he instructed federal and native investigators in 2010 that he witnessed the killing and supplied the gun. He claimed he was seated within the passenger seat whereas his nephew Orlando ‘Baby Lane’ Anderson was within the again seat with DeAndre “Dre Smith.” Terrence “T-Brown” Brown was allegedly the motive force of the Cadillac.

AP stories that Anderson denied Duane’s claims and was shot to demise two years later. His memoir got here out in 2019, however in 2018, he additionally admitted to being within the Cadillac in a BET interview.

Tupac Shakur died within the hospital every week after he was shot in a drive-by capturing on Sept. 7, 1996. Pac was seated within the passenger aspect of a BMW pushed by Suge Knight. Tupac and Knight had been at a cease gentle when the gunshots had been fired from the Cadillac.

Radar Online stories that Duane Davis has made a minimum of 5 public confessions about his connection to Tupac’s demise.

“It’s those events that have given Las Vegas the ammunition and the leverage to move forward,” retired Los Angeles detective Greg Kading instructed AP. “Prior to Keefe D’s public declarations, the cases were unprosecutable as they stood. He put himself squarely in the middle of the conspiracy. He had acquired the gun, he has given the gun to the shooter, and he has been present in the vehicle when they hunted down and located both Tupac and Sug (Knight).”

The arrest comes after Las Vegas police searched Duane’s spouse’s dwelling on July 17. Documents present officers collected computer systems, a cellphone, a tough drive, Vibe journal that includes Tupac Shakur, a number of .40-caliber bullets, two tubs of photographs, and a duplicate of Duane’s memoir.