Tupac Shakur’s accused killer, Duane “Keefe D” Davis, is trying hard to get out of jail, but prosecutors believe he’s too much of a threat.
Following Davis’s request to be released on his own recognizance, the state of Nevada is challenging this move, highlighting that Davis may be a threat. The former high-ranking South Side Compton Crips and his multiple confessions to Shakur’s murder have all led to the prosecution arguing that he is still dangerous. Other allegations include credible threats to witnesses while behind bars, leading to a request for detention until the trial, scheduled for June 3rd, 2024. Davis’s defense team is also willing to accept a bond of no more than $100,000.
Davis is the sole person charged with Shakur’s 1996 murder. Though he may not have been the person to shoot the “California Love” rapper, prosecutors believe he supplied the gunman with the weapons and was in the vehicle when Shakur was gunned down on the Las Vegas strip. The remaining men whom Davis claimed to be in the car that fateful night are all deceased.
Despite pleading not guilty, Davis has detailed the murder several times for interviews and even in his 2019 book, labeling himself as a critical player in the killing, which stemmed from Shakur’s involvement in a casino brawl with Orlando Anderson, a Crips member and Davis’s nephew, on the same night of the shooting. Anderson has been widely believed to be the individual who pulled the trigger. He was killed in an unrelated gang shooting in 1998.
If convicted, Davis could spend years behind bars. A judge has not yet ruled on his release.
