Tupac Shakur's Alleged Killer Pleads Not Guilty to Murder

The man charged with the 1996 homicide of rap icon Tupac Shakur has entered a not responsible plea.

Tupac’s Alleged Killer Arraigned

On Thursday (Nov. 2), Duane “Keefe D” Davis appeared in a Las Vegas courtroom for his arraignment for the homicide of Tupac Shakur. Davis entered a plea of not responsible with District Judge Tierra Jones, XXL has confirmed through Davis’ lawyer. During the listening to, he was additionally assigned particular public defenders Charles Cano and Robert Arroyo. The State will reportedly not search the dying penalty within the case. Davis is subsequent slated to be in court docket on Nov. 7. His trial date is predicted to be scheduled at the moment.

XXL has reached out to the Clark County District Attorney’s Office for remark.

Duane Davis’ Arrest

Duane “Keefe D” Davis was arrested on Sept. 29, following a police raid on his Las Vegas-area dwelling in July. He has been charged with homicide with use of a lethal weapon with the intent to promote, additional or help a legal road gang.

Police say Davis, 60, supplied the gun to the person who shot Tupac Shakur in a drive-by close to the Las Vegas strip on Sept. 7, 1996, following a Mike Tyson combat. The taking pictures occurred shortly after ‘Pac participated in leaping recognized Southside Compton Crip member Orlando Anderson, who’s Davis’ nephew. Authorities say, after the combat, Davis acquired a firearm, and he, Orlando and two different males, Terrance Brown and Deandre Smith, went searching for ’Pac. They situated the rapper and Suge Knight on the intersection of Flamingo Road and Kovall Lane, and one of many males fired pictures that finally killed Tupac, who died virtually every week after the taking pictures on Sept. 13, 1996.

Anderson was killed in 1998 in a non-related taking pictures. Brown and Davis have since additionally handed. In 2011, Keefe D confessed to having information of the homicide of Tupac Shakur and revealed he was current throughout the taking pictures. Following Davis’ apprehension, police defined why it took them 27 years to make an arrest.