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| birth_place = [[Compton, California]], U.S.
| other_names = Keefe D
| known_for = [[Crime boss|Kingpin]], suspect in the [[murder of Tupac Shakur]]
| allegiance = [[South Side Compton Crips]]
| relatives = [[Orlando Anderson]] (nephew)
| criminal_status = In custody
| charge = [[Murder in Nevada law|First-degree murder]]<ref name=usatoday>{{cite web | title=Duane 'Keffe D' Davis indicted on murder charge for Tupac Shakur 1996 shooting | publisher=Associated Press | date=September 29, 2023 | url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2023/09/29/tupac-shakur-death-police-arrest-man-suspected-shooter/71003823007/ | access-date=September 29, 2023 | archive-date=September 29, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929172152/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2023/09/29/tupac-shakur-death-police-arrest-man-suspected-shooter/71003823007/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
| apprehended = September 29, 2023
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'''Duane Keith''' "'''Keefe D'''" '''Davis''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|k|iː|f|i|_|ˈ|d|iː}} {{respell|KEE|fee|_|DEE}}; born June 14, 1963) is an American gangster. In 2023, he was charged with involvement in the 1996 [[murder of Tupac Shakur]].
Davis, a childhood friend of [[N.W.A.]] frontman [[Eazy-E]], claims that he was in the vehicle with the perpetrator when Shakur was shot.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-29 |title=Who is Duane Davis, the man police just arrested in connection to Tupac's murder? |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2023-09-29/who-is-duane-davis-tupac-shakur-killing |access-date=2023-09-29 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US |archive-date=September 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930000438/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2023-09-29/who-is-duane-davis-tupac-shakur-killing |url-status=live }}</ref> Detective [[Timothy M. Brennan and Robert Ladd|Tim Brennan]] from [[Compton, California]], filed an [[affidavit]] naming Davis and his nephew [[Orlando Anderson]] as suspects.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.associateds.info/?p=302|title=Associateds.info}}{{dead link|date=March 2018|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}</ref> Anderson was killed in a gang-related shootout in 1998. On September 29, 2023, Davis was arrested and charged in connection with the murder of Shakur.<ref>{{cite web|title=Man tied to suspected shooter in Tupac Shakur's 1996 killing arrested in Las Vegas, AP sources say|date=September 29, 2023 |url=https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/man-tied-to-suspected-shooter-in-tupac-shakurs-1996-killing-arrested-in-las-vegas-ap-sources-say/3656882/|access-date=September 29, 2023|archive-date=September 30, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930000437/https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/man-tied-to-suspected-shooter-in-tupac-shakurs-1996-killing-arrested-in-las-vegas-ap-sources-say/3656882/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://m.lasvegassun.com/news/2023/sep/29/ap-sources-las-vegas-police-arrest-man-on-suspicio/ |title=AP sources: Las Vegas police arrest man on suspicion of murder in 1996 drive-by shooting of Tupac Shakur |date=29 September 2023 |access-date=29 September 2023 |newspaper=[[Las Vegas Sun]] |last1=Ritter |first1=Ken |last2=Yamat |first2=Rio |last3=Press |first3=Associated |archive-date=September 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930000438/https://m.lasvegassun.com/news/2023/sep/29/ap-sources-las-vegas-police-arrest-man-on-suspicio/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Despite being eventually granted a $750,000 bail and house arrest,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.livenowfox.com/news/tupac-murder-ex-gang-leader-calls-for-release-jail|title=Tupac murder: Ex-gang leader charged in killing allowed $750K bail and house arrest|first=Ken|last=Ritter|publisher=[[LiveNOW from Fox]]|date=January 9, 2024|accessdate=April 23, 2024|archive-date=April 23, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240423133224/https://www.livenowfox.com/news/tupac-murder-ex-gang-leader-calls-for-release-jail|url-status=live}}</ref> Davis still remains in jail.<ref name=baildenied /><ref name=remainsjailed /><ref name=detained>{{cite news|url=https://www.ktnv.com/news/i-wish-it-never-happened-new-audio-reveals-what-duane-keffe-d-davis-told-police-about-tupacs-murder|title='I wish it never happened': New audio reveals what Duane 'Keffe D' Davis told police about Tupac's murder|first=Jarah|last=Wright|publisher=KTNV|date=March 30, 2024|accessdate=March 30, 2024|archive-date=March 31, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240331045407/https://www.ktnv.com/news/i-wish-it-never-happened-new-audio-reveals-what-duane-keffe-d-davis-told-police-about-tupacs-murder|url-status=live}}</ref> His trial was initially set to begin on June 3, 2024,<ref name=trialdate /><ref name=heldwithout /> but was later delayed to November 4, 2024.<ref name=delaystart>{{cite news|url=https://www.ktnv.com/news/crime/trial-date-for-accused-tupac-killer-duane-keefe-d-davis-pushed-back|title=Trial date for accused Tupac killer Duane 'Keefe D' Davis pushed back|publisher=KTNV|date=February 20, 2024|accessdate=April 23, 2024|archive-date=April 23, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240423190730/https://www.ktnv.com/news/crime/trial-date-for-accused-tupac-killer-duane-keefe-d-davis-pushed-back|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=remainsjailed /> An attempt to post bail in June 2024 proved unsuccessful.<ref name=baildenied>{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/tupac-shakur-killing-keffe-davis-bail-vegas-7adedd7c241a862b4110ee36f5bd03d0|title=Nevada judge denies release of ex-gang leader ahead of trial in 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur|first1=Ken|last1=Ritter|first2=Scott|last2=Sonner|publisher=Associated Press|date=June 26, 2024|accessdate=July 6, 2024}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Duane Davis was born in [[Compton, California|Compton]], [[California]], on June 14, 1963. During his childhood, he played football with [[Suge Knight]]. Davis later joined the [[South Side Compton Crips]]. He married Paula Clemons.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-20 |title=Home searched in Tupac killing tied to wife of Duane 'Keefe D' Davis |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/homicides/home-searched-in-tupac-killing-tied-to-wife-of-duane-keefe-d-davis-2874705/ |access-date=2023-09-12 |website=Las Vegas Review-Journal |language=en-US |archive-date=September 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929201335/https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/homicides/home-searched-in-tupac-killing-tied-to-wife-of-duane-keefe-d-davis-2874705/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Murder of Tupac Shakur ==
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Three hours before Shakur's shooting on the night of September 7, 1996, Orlando Anderson was involved in a fight with Shakur and his [[entourage]] at the [[MGM Grand Las Vegas|MGM Grand Hotel]] in [[Las Vegas Valley|Las Vegas]]. In September, Las Vegas homicide Lt. Larry Spinosa told the media, "At this point, Orlando Anderson is not a suspect in the shooting of Tupac Shakur."<ref name="streetgangs.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.streetgangs.com/topics/tupac/1297interview.html|title=Orlando Anderson Interview|author=|date=12 September 2012|publisher=|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120912105311/http://www.streetgangs.com/topics/tupac/1297interview.html|archivedate=12 September 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> Eventually in the investigation, Anderson was named a suspect along with his uncle.<ref>Brown, P.32</ref> Stories circulated on the street that Anderson bragged about shooting the rapper, which he denied in an interview for ''[[VIBE]]'' magazine later.<ref name="streetgangs.com" />

Anderson was detained in Compton a month after the shooting with 21 other alleged gang members. Anderson was not charged.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/1996/oct/02/22-year-old-arrested-in-tupac-shakur-killing/|title=22-year-old arrested in Tupac Shakur killing|date=2 October 1996|publisher=|access-date=September 5, 2018|archive-date=September 21, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053735/http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/1996/oct/02/22-year-old-arrested-in-tupac-shakur-killing/|url-status=live}}</ref> However, the raid was only tangentially connected to the Tupac shooting as Compton police said they were investigating local shootings and not the one in Las Vegas.<ref>[http://www.streetgangs.com/topics/tupac/100296arrest.html Arrest made in connection to Shakur killing] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120911115257/http://www.streetgangs.com/topics/tupac/100296arrest.html|date=2012-09-11}}</ref>

The Las Vegas police discounted Anderson as a suspect, according to a ''Los Angeles Times'' article, because the fight, in which Shakur was involved in assaulting Orlando Anderson in the Las Vegas MGM lobby, had happened just hours before the shooting. They failed to follow up with a member of Shakur's entourage who witnessed the shooting and told Vegas police he could identify one or more of the assailants—the witness, rapper [[Yaki Kadafi]], was killed two months later—and they also failed to follow up on a lead from a witness who had spotted a white Cadillac similar to the car from which the fatal shots were fired and in which the shooters escaped.<ref name="Police probe in Tupac Shakur">{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-fi-tupac7sep07,0,6002100.story|title=How Vegas police probe floundered in Tupac Shakur case|last=Philips|first=Chuck|date=September 7, 2002|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|accessdate=July 23, 2012|archive-date=March 18, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130318222341/http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-fi-tupac7sep07%2C0%2C6002100.story|url-status=live}}</ref>

A year later, [[Afeni Shakur]], Tupac's mother, filed a [[Wrongful death claim|wrongful death]] lawsuit against Anderson<ref name="Shakur's Mother Files Wrongful Death suit">{{cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1997/sep/13/local/me-31739|title=Shakur's Mother Files Wrongful-Death Suit|last=Philips|first=Chuck|date=September 13, 1997|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|accessdate=5 November 2013|archive-date=December 31, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231000614/http://articles.latimes.com/1997/sep/13/local/me-31739|url-status=live}}</ref> in response to a lawsuit Anderson filed against [[Death Row Records]] CEO [[Suge Knight]], [[Death Row Records|Death Row]] associates, and Tupac's estate. Anderson's lawsuit sought damages for injuries resulting from the scuffle the evening of Tupac's murder, for emotional and physical pain. Afeni Shakur's lawsuit was filed just four days after Anderson's.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/14970913.html?dids=14970913:14970913&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep%2022,%201997&author=BILLBOARD.%20By%20Paul%20D.%20Colford.%20STAFF%20NEWS.%20Steve%20Parks.%20Diane%20Werts.%20Reuter&pub=Newsday%20(Combined%20editions)&desc=FLASH!%20The%20latest%20entertainment%20news%20and%20more....&pqatl=google|title=Newsday - The Long Island and New York City News Source|publisher=}}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The Associated Press reported in 2000 that Shakur's estate and Anderson's estate settled the competing lawsuits just hours before the death of Orlando Anderson.<ref>[http://www.streetgangs.com/topics/tupac/081800settle.html Associated Press Report: Estate of Tupac Shakur settles with another slain man's family] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120910162950/http://www.streetgangs.com/topics/tupac/081800settle.html|date=2012-09-10}}</ref> Anderson's lawyer claimed the settlement would have netted Anderson $78,000.{{citation needed|date=December 2013}}

In September 1997, Anderson told the ''Los Angeles Times'' he was a fan of Tupac Shakur and his music, and denied having anything to do with the murder.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1997/sep/16/local/me-32760|title=Shakur Was His Hero, Not His Victim, Says Man Some Suspect|year=1997|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=September 5, 2018|archive-date=January 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160110045621/http://articles.latimes.com/1997/sep/16/local/me-32760|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== 2000s investigations ===
In 2002, the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' published a two-part series by reporter [[Chuck Philips]] titled "Who Killed Tupac Shakur?" based on a series that looked into the events leading to the crime. The series indicated that the shooting was carried out by a Compton gang called the South Side Crips to avenge the beating of one of its members by Shakur a few hours earlier. Orlando Anderson, the Crip whom Shakur had attacked, fired the fatal shots. Las Vegas police interviewed Anderson only once as a possible suspect. He was later killed in an unrelated gang shooting. The ''Los Angeles Times'' articles included reference to the cooperation of East Coast rappers including the late rapper [[The Notorious B.I.G.]], Tupac's [[East Coast–West Coast hip hop rivalry|rival at the time]], and New York criminals.<ref name="Philips-WhoKilled">{{Cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2002/sep/06/business/fi-tupac6|title=Who Killed Tupac Shakur?|last=Philips|first=Chuck|date=September 6, 2002|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|accessdate=2012-07-15|archive-date=November 9, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109234606/http://articles.latimes.com/2002/sep/06/business/fi-tupac6|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Philips-VegasFloundered">{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-fi-tupac7sep07,0,6002100.story|title=How Vegas police probe floundered in Tupac Shakur case|last=Philips|first=Chuck|date=September 7, 2002|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|accessdate=8 October 2013|archive-date=March 18, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130318222341/http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-fi-tupac7sep07%2C0%2C6002100.story|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Notorious B.I.G. and Anderson denied a role in the murder. In support of this, Biggie's family produced computerized invoices showing that he was working in a New York recording studio the night of the drive-by shooting. His manager [[Wayne Barrow]] and fellow rapper [[Lil' Cease|James "Lil' Cease" Lloyd]] made public announcements denying Biggie had a role in the crime and stating that they were both with him in the recording studio on the night of the shooting.<ref name="streetgangs1">{{cite web|url=http://www.streetgangs.com/topics/tupac/090602aliby.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120917144018/http://www.streetgangs.com/topics/tupac/090602aliby.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 17, 2012|title=Notorious B.I.G.'s Family 'Outraged' By Tupac Article|work=Streetgangs.com|access-date=July 28, 2010}}</ref>

''The New York Times'' called the evidence produced by Biggie's family "inconclusive", noting:<blockquote>The pages purport to be three computer printouts from Daddy's House, indicating that Wallace was in the studio recording a song called ''Nasty Boy'' on the afternoon Shakur was shot. They indicate that Wallace ''wrote half the session'', was ''In and out/sat around'' and ''laid down a ref,'' shorthand for a reference vocal, the equivalent of a first take. But nothing indicates when the documents were created. And Louis Alfred, the recording engineer listed on the sheets, said in an interview that he remembered recording the song with Wallace in a late-night session, not during the day. He could not recall the date of the session but said it was likely not the night Shakur was shot. ''We would have heard about it'', Mr. Alfred said.<ref name="NYTimes">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/07/arts/new-theories-stir-speculation-on-rap-deaths.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm|title=New Theories Stir Speculation On Rap Deaths|last=Leland|first=John|date=October 7, 2002|newspaper=The New York Times|accessdate=29 September 2013|archive-date=October 2, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002202518/http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/07/arts/new-theories-stir-speculation-on-rap-deaths.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm|url-status=live}}</ref></blockquote>Assistant managing editor of the ''Los Angeles Times'' Mark Duvoisin defended Philips' articles, stating they were based on police affidavits and court documents as well as interviews with investigators, witnesses to the crime and members of the South Side Crips. Duvoisin stated: "Philips' story has withstood all challenges to its accuracy, ... [and] remains the definitive account of the Shakur slaying."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/l-a-times-responds-to-biggie-story-20060112|title=L.A. Times Responds to Biggie Story|last=Duvoisin|first=Mark|date=January 12, 2006|newspaper=Rolling Stone|accessdate=19 September 2013|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143410/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/l-a-times-responds-to-biggie-story-20060112|url-status=dead}}</ref> The main thrust of Philips' articles, implicating Anderson and the Crips, was later corroborated by former LAPD Detective [[Greg Kading]]'s 2011 book ''Murder Rap''<ref name="Murder of Tupac">{{Cite web |last=Pharaoh |first=Samson |date=2011-10-07 |title=LAPD Detective Adamant About P. Diddy's Involvement In Tupac Murder |url=https://proick.com/news/10094/lapd-detective-adamant-about-p-diddys-involvement-in-tupac-murder |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111010223717/http://www.taletela.com/news/10094/lapd-detective-adamant-about-p-diddys-involvement-in-tupac-murder |archive-date=2011-10-10 |access-date= |website=proick.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Murder Rap|last=Kading|first=Greg|publisher=One time publishing LLC|year=2011|isbn=978-0-9839554-8-1|location=US}}</ref> and discussed in author [[Cathy Scott]]'s book ''[[The Killing of Tupac Shakur]]''.<ref name="CathyScott">{{cite book|title=The Killing of Tupac Shakur|last=Scott|first=Cathy|publisher=Huntington Press LLC|year=2002|isbn=978-0929712208|location=US}}</ref> Scott claimed Biggie was not involved with the murder of Tupac in a ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' magazine article, saying there was no evidence pointing to Biggie Smalls as a suspect.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,624628,00.html|title=B.I.G. Family Denies Tupac Murder Claim|publisher=|access-date=September 5, 2018|archive-date=September 21, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053836/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,624628,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Also, ''The New York Times'' wrote, "The ''Los Angeles Times'' articles did not offer any documentation to show that Wallace was in Las Vegas that night."<ref name="NYTimes" />

In her 2002 book (with a new edition in 2014) ''The Killing of Tupac Shakur'', [[Cathy Scott]]<ref name="CathyScott" /> reviews various theories, including the Suge Knight/Death Row theory of Tupac's murder, before stating, "Years after the primary investigations, it's still anyone's guess. No one was ever arrested but no one was ever ruled out as a suspect, either." She then wrote that one theory "transcends all the others, and implicates the white-record-company power brokers themselves", implicating the bosses of the Suge Knight label. In recent years, archived letters of her responses to readers show an evolution toward Anderson as a suspect and a dismissal of the Knight theory.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cathyscott.com/askarch.htm|title=Ask Cathy|publisher=|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505065948/http://www.cathyscott.com/askarch.htm|archivedate=2012-05-05|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Davis's involvement ==
In October 2011, former [[Los Angeles Police Department|LAPD]] Detective Greg Kading, a former investigator in the murder of [[The Notorious B.I.G.|Christopher "Biggie Smalls" Wallace]], released a book alleging that [[Sean Combs|Sean "Diddy" Combs]] commissioned Duane Keith "Keefe D" Davis to kill Tupac Shakur, as well as Suge Knight, for $1 million. Davis and Kading claimed that Anderson was present in the vehicle that pulled up next to the [[BMW]] in which Tupac was shot.<ref name="Murder of Tupac" /><ref>{{cite web |date=7 October 2011 |title=Former Detective Greg Kading Clarifies His Shocking Allegations Regarding The Murder Of Tupac Shakur |url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.17135/title.former-detective-greg-kading-clarifies-his-shocking-allegations-regarding-the-murder-of-tupac-shakur |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524012717/http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.17135/title.former-detective-greg-kading-clarifies-his-shocking-allegations-regarding-the-murder-of-tupac-shakur |archive-date=May 24, 2015 |access-date=September 5, 2018 |website=hiphopdx.com}}</ref> In a recorded conversation with Kading, Davis claimed Anderson fired the shots that killed Tupac.<ref name=":0">{{cite news|url=http://www.laweekly.com/news/the-keffe-d-tapes-10-highlights-of-confession-from-gangster-who-says-sean-combs-hired-him-to-kill-tupac-2395421|title=The 'Keffe D' Tapes: 10 Highlights of Confession From Gangster Who Says Sean Combs Hired Him to Kill Tupac|last1=Wilson|first1=Simone|date=3 October 2011|work=[[LA Weekly]]|accessdate=13 September 2016|archive-date=August 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180806170337/http://www.laweekly.com/news/the-keffe-d-tapes-10-highlights-of-confession-from-gangster-who-says-sean-combs-hired-him-to-kill-tupac-2395421|url-status=live}}</ref>

Kading's implication of Anderson was similar to allegations made in Philips's series and Scott's book. Each account said that four black men were in the white Cadillac that pulled up alongside the BMW that Knight and Tupac were riding in on the night of the shooting. The accounts independently reported that Anderson was in the back seat of the Cadillac and shot Tupac by leaning out of the back window. Kading and Philips claimed that the Crips were offered a $1 million bounty to kill Knight and Tupac. The two accounts differ on whether the bounty was offered by Combs (as reported by Kading) or by Wallace (as reported by Phillips).<ref name="Philips-WhoKilled" /><ref name="Philips-VegasFloundered" /><ref name="CathyScott" />

=== Confession to the public ===
On July 2, 2018, Davis confessed to having a role in the killing of Tupac Shakur after revealing he was dying of cancer.<ref name=":0" /> He went on to say he was the passenger in the white [[Cadillac]] on the night of the incident. He refused to name the other suspects in the car but confirmed that the shooter was Orlando Anderson, his nephew, and that it was out of retaliation for getting jumped at the MGM Grand earlier and for the $1 million bounty by [[Sean Combs|Puff Daddy]].

=== Arrest and arraignment ===
On September 29, 2023, Davis was taken into custody by Las Vegas Metropolitan Police in connection with the murder.<ref name="Las Vegas Man Arrested">{{cite news |last1= |first1= |date=29 September 2023 |title=Man Tied to Suspected Shooter in Tupac Shakur's 1996 Killing Arrested in Las Vegas, AP Sources Say |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url=https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2023-09-29/man-connected-to-suspected-shooter-in-tupac-shakurs-1996-killing-arrested-in-las-vegas |url-status=live |access-date=September 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930000449/https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2023-09-29/man-connected-to-suspected-shooter-in-tupac-shakurs-1996-killing-arrested-in-las-vegas |archive-date=September 30, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://apnews.com/article/tupac-shakur-killing-duane-keefe-davis-vegas-3f7050c2a68813d86a96b96fbb3f1d1a |title=Last living suspect in 1996 drive-by shooting of Tupac Shakur indicted in Las Vegas on murder charge |website=[[Associated Press News]] |date=September 29, 2023 |access-date=September 29, 2023 |archive-date=September 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929163705/https://apnews.com/article/tupac-shakur-killing-duane-keefe-davis-vegas-3f7050c2a68813d86a96b96fbb3f1d1a |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://m.lasvegassun.com/news/2023/sep/29/ap-sources-las-vegas-police-arrest-man-on-suspicio/ |title=AP sources: Las Vegas police arrest man on suspicion of murder in 1996 drive-by shooting of Tupac Shakur |date=September 29, 2023 |access-date=September 29, 2023 |newspaper=[[Las Vegas Sun]] |last1=Ritter |first1=Ken |last2=Yamat |first2=Rio |last3=Press |first3=Associated |archive-date=September 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930000438/https://m.lasvegassun.com/news/2023/sep/29/ap-sources-las-vegas-police-arrest-man-on-suspicio/ |url-status=live }}</ref> A house owned by his wife in nearby [[Henderson, Nevada|Henderson]], [[Nevada]], had been raided by police on July 17, 2023. Police documents stated that they were looking for items "concerning the murder of Tupac Shakur" in the raid.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://m.lasvegassun.com/news/2023/sep/29/ap-sources-las-vegas-police-arrest-man-on-suspicio/ |title=AP sources: Las Vegas police arrest man on suspicion of murder in 1996 drive-by shooting of Tupac Shakur |date=29 September 2023 |access-date=29 September 2023 |newspaper=[[Las Vegas Sun]] |last1=Ritter |first1=Ken |last2=Yamat |first2=Rio |last3=Press |first3=Associated |archive-date=September 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930000438/https://m.lasvegassun.com/news/2023/sep/29/ap-sources-las-vegas-police-arrest-man-on-suspicio/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Davis was held without [[bail]] and charged with murder. He pleaded not guilty on November 2, 2023 in Las Vegas.<ref name=heldwithout>{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2023/11/02/1207092523/tupac-shakur-murder-suspect-pleaded-not-guilty|title=Suspect in Tupac Shakur's murder has pleaded not guilty|last=Tsioulcas|first=Anastasia|work=[[NPR]]|date=November 2, 2023|access-date=November 3, 2023|archive-date=November 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231103024024/https://www.npr.org/2023/11/02/1207092523/tupac-shakur-murder-suspect-pleaded-not-guilty|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Trial schedule===
On November 7, 2023, Judge Carli Kierny for the Clark County District Court scheduled for Davis' trial to begin on June 3, 2024.<ref name=trialdate>{{cite news|url=https://news3lv.com/news/local/trial-date-scheduled-for-man-charged-with-murder-in-tupac-shakur-killing|title=Trial date scheduled for man charged with murder in Tupac Shakur killing|publisher=KSNV|date=November 7, 2023|accessdate=November 7, 2023|archive-date=November 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107175959/https://news3lv.com/news/local/trial-date-scheduled-for-man-charged-with-murder-in-tupac-shakur-killing|url-status=live}}</ref>

On January 9, 2024, during a court [[status conference|status check]], Davis was granted $750,000 bail and allowed [[house arrest]].<ref>{{cite news |author=KSNV Staff |title=Tupac Shakur murder suspect appears in court, with bail set for $750K |url=https://wpde.com/news/nation-world/tupac-shakur-murder-suspect-to-appear-in-court-for-bail-hearing-rapper-killed-death-unsolved-homicide-killing-duane-davis-hearing-california-love |access-date=9 January 2024 |work=WPDE |date=9 January 2024 |language=en |archive-date=January 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240109233608/https://wpde.com/news/nation-world/tupac-shakur-murder-suspect-to-appear-in-court-for-bail-hearing-rapper-killed-death-unsolved-homicide-killing-duane-davis-hearing-california-love |url-status=live }}</ref> During the hearing, prosecutors alleged that Davis, in an October 2023 recorded jailhouse phone call with his son, authorized the execution of witnesses who might testify against him at trial. Davis' attorneys claimed they misinterpreted the conversation.<ref name="jailPhoneCall">{{cite news |last1=Deliso |first1=Meredith |title=Bail set at $750,000 for Tupac Shakur murder suspect Duane Davis |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/bail-tupac-shakur-murder-suspect-duane-davis/story?id=106048324 |access-date=9 January 2024 |work=ABC News |language=en |archive-date=January 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240109233608/https://abcnews.go.com/US/bail-tupac-shakur-murder-suspect-duane-davis/story?id=106048324 |url-status=live }}</ref> The judge ordered another status check for February 20, 2024.<ref name="2024Janbail">{{cite news |last1=Ritter |first1=Ken |title=A former gang leader charged in the killing of Tupac Shakur is granted $750,000 bail and house arrest |url=https://apnews.com/article/tupac-shakur-killing-vegas-keffe-davis-trial-bb66714872ca24b30c86fed32a54e1f5 |access-date=9 January 2024 |work=AP News |date=9 January 2024 |language=en |archive-date=January 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240109233608/https://apnews.com/article/tupac-shakur-killing-vegas-keffe-davis-trial-bb66714872ca24b30c86fed32a54e1f5 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ktnv.com/news/keefe-d-to-appear-for-first-time-with-new-attorneys-for-trial-date-hearing|title=Keefe D's murder trial date set for next summer|first=Rachael|last=Zalucki|publisher=KTNV|date=November 7, 2023|accessdate=November 7, 2023|archive-date=November 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107223653/https://www.ktnv.com/news/keefe-d-to-appear-for-first-time-with-new-attorneys-for-trial-date-hearing|url-status=live}}</ref> During the February 20, 2024 status check, it was agreed that Davis' trial would be delayed to November 4, 2024.<ref name=delaystart /><ref name=remainsjailed /> The pre-trial hearing for Davis on April 23, 2024 presented what was believed be the last batch of evidence sought by the prosecution.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news3lv.com/news/local/discovery-phase-nears-conclusion-in-tupac-shakur-murder-case-las-vegas-duane-davis-keffe-d-carl-arnold-clark-county-district-court-crime-cops-unsolved|title=Discovery phase nears conclusion in Tupac Shakur murder case|first=Matthew|last=Seeman|publisher=[[KSNV|www.news3lv.com]]|date=April 23, 2024|accessdate=April 23, 2024|archive-date=April 23, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240423170726/https://news3lv.com/news/local/discovery-phase-nears-conclusion-in-tupac-shakur-murder-case-las-vegas-duane-davis-keffe-d-carl-arnold-clark-county-district-court-crime-cops-unsolved|url-status=live}}</ref> Despite being granted bail and house arrest, Davis remains incarcerated at the Clark County Detention Center.<ref name=detained /><ref name=remainsjailed>{{cite news|url=https://www.livenowfox.com/news/tupac-murder-trial-suspected-killer-status-update-april-23-2024|title=Tupac murder trial: Suspected killer due in court for status update|first=Catherine|last=Stoddard|publisher=LiveNOW from Fox|date=April 23, 2024|accessdate=April 23, 2024|archive-date=April 23, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240423133139/https://www.livenowfox.com/news/tupac-murder-trial-suspected-killer-status-update-april-23-2024|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Failed attempt to make bail===

Despite posting bail in June 2024, Judge Kierny denied Davis release from prison.<ref name=baildenied /> In her ruling issued on June 26, 2024, Kierny stated that she wasn't satisfied with assurances that Davis and music executive [[Wack 100]], who offered to pay for the bail, weren’t planning to reap profits from the sale of Davis’ life story. It was noted that Nevada law prohibits convicted killers from profiting from their crime.<ref name=baildenied />

==Health==
In July 2018, Davis alleged that he was dying from cancer.<ref name=":0" /> In June 2024, it was revealed that Davis was in fact still suffering from cancer.<ref name=baildenied />

==Biographical portrayals in film==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Portrayed by !! Notes
|-
| | 2015 || ''Murder Rap: Inside the Biggie and Tupac Murders'' || I. Elijah Baughman || Documentary about [[murder of the Notorious B.I.G.]] and murder of Tupac Shakur
|-
| | 2018 || ''[[Unsolved (American TV series)|Unsolved]]'' || Lahmard J. Tate || Biographical TV show about murder of the Notorious B.I.G. and murder of Tupac Shakur
|-
|}

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [[Cathy Scott|Scott, Cathy]], ''[[The Killing of Tupac Shakur]]'', Huntington Press: {{ISBN|978-0-929712-20-8}} (paperback 2nd ed., 2002)
* [http://articles.latimes.com/2002/sep/06/business/fi-tupac6 Chuck Philips, "Who Killed Tupac Shakur; Part 1]
* [http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-fi-tupac7sep07,0,6002100.story Philips, Chuck, "Who Killed Tupac Shakur; Part 2"]

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