Ex-gang boss Keffe D sentenced to 40 years for Tupac Shakur murder

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Duane "Keffe D" Davis received 40 years for orchestrating the 1996 drive-by killing of Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas.

Former gang boss Duane "Keffe D" Davis, 63, was sentenced to 40 years in prison for orchestrating the 7 September 1996 drive-by murder of rapper Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas. A jury convicted him in September of murder with a deadly weapon; he plans to appeal. [1] [2]

Davis admitted supplying the gun and riding in the white Cadillac but did not fire the shots. His 2008 police interview and 2019 memoir were key evidence after he voided a protective agreement. [2]

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  1. Who killed Tupac?

    Al Jazeera · · Summary only

  2. Ex-gang boss sentenced to 40 years for orchestrating Tupac Shakur's murder

    BBC World · · Full text

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