Just 25 years old, Tupac Shakur was at the top of the rap game when an unknown gunman fired a hail of bullets into a BMV sedan where he was a passenger. Struck four times, Shakur died from his injuries six days later. While Las Vegas police have never solved the murder, a huge break came 27 years later with the September 2023 arrest of Duane “Keffe D” Davis. However, it appears we won’t have answers for at least another year. A Las Vegas judge recently postponed Davis’ trial until 2026.
Tupac Shakur Murder Trial Was Set To Begin Next Month
Initially, Duane “Keffe D” Davis, 61, was set to stand trial in the the Tupac Shakur murder case in mid-March. However, Eighth Judicial District Judge Carli Kierny pushed the date to Feb. 9, 2026. The decision came after Davis’ defense team filed a motion requesting more time to prepare.
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During a hearing Tuesday (Feb. 18), Kierny said she really didn’t “have much of a choice but to grant” the defense’s motion, according to ABC News.
In a motion filed Friday (Feb. 14), Davis’ attorney, Carl Arnold, claimed to have uncovered new evidence proving that his client was not even “present at the shooting” or “in Las Vegas at the time.”
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Furthermore, Arnold accused Reggie Wright Jr. and his team of having “orchestrated the shooting.” Wright is a former law enforcement officer who worked security for Suge Knight’s Death Row Records.
Speaking to ABC News via phone, Wright denied any involvement in Shakur’s shooting. “It’s heartbreaking they keep dragging in my name,” he said. “I didn’t have anything to do with that.”
Davis Has Pleaded Not Guilty
Duane “Keefe D” Davis has pleaded not guilty to one charge of murder with a deadly weapon in connection with the Tupac Shakur murder case. However, the Las Vegas man’s claims of innocence have been somewhat complicated by his own words
According to Davis’ previous accounts, he supplied the firearm used in Shakur’s shooting to his nephew, Orlando Anderson. Anderson, who was gunned down in 1998, is suspected of pulling the trigger in the fatal shooting that took place on the Las Vegas strip. Shakur had attended Mike Tyson’s heavyweight title fight against Bruce Selden earlier in the night of Sept. 7, 1996.
Featured image by Las Vegas Police Department/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock
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