Duane Davis Accused of Orchestrating Tupac Shakur's 1996 Murder, Nephew Identified as Shooter
Duane 'Keffe D' Davis, a former gang leader, is currently on trial, accused of orchestrating the 1996 drive-by shooting that killed rapper Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas. Jurors were presented with an audio recording from a 2008 police interview where Davis explicitly stated that his nephew, Orlando 'Baby Lane' Anderson, fired the fatal shots. Davis, who was also in the car with Anderson and two other men, described how their white Cadillac pulled alongside the vehicle carrying Shakur and hip-hop mogul Marion 'Suge' Knight. According to Davis, he passed his gun to Deandre 'Big Dre' Smith, who declined it, before Anderson took the weapon and began shooting. This 2008 interview marks the first time Davis directly discussed his involvement with authorities, and prosecutors are heavily relying on these admissions, along with statements from his 2019 memoir 'Compton Street Legend' and podcast interviews, as key evidence in the state's case against him. Davis has pleaded not guilty, with his lawyer arguing that Davis... 
