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The trial of Duane "Keffe D" Davis for his alleged role in the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur begins in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.
Confirmed
He told law enforcement they spotted Tupac in a vehicle on the Vegas Strip, made a U-turn and pulled up to the rapper’s vehicle, according to the document. "The funny thing about it is Tupac is actually an East Coast rapper," said Jeff Pearlman, author of Only God Can Judge Me: The Many Lives of Tupac Shakur.
After the match, surveillance footage captured Tupac and members of his entourage, who police have said were associated with the Mob Piru Bloods street gang, attacking a man named Orlando Anderson, an alleged member of the South Side Compton Crips.
Davis then obtained a gun, and he, Anderson and two others went searching for Tupac and Knight in an attempt to retaliate, according to a document included in a recent legal filing. While Davis said he didn't have information about Biggie's death, he did have knowledge of Tupac's case and shared that he was in the car when the rapper was shot and killed.
In that interview, Davis said Tupac and Knight had assaulted his nephew Orlando Anderson on the night of September 7, 1996. He published his book in February 2019 and wrote in detail about his desire for retaliation, obtaining a Glock pistol, searching for Tupac – and the moments that would change hip-hop forever.
But the complicated case hinges almost exclusively on one key piece of evidence: a book co-authored by Davis that he has argued is partially a piece of fiction. Still, some details were revealed in Greg Kading’s 2011 book “Murder Rap,” and portions of it were later played in documentaries.
Davis, sitting in the front seat, said Anderson, in the back seat, fired the fatal shots, according to the interview notes. It was years later when Anderson's uncle, Davis, started talking, and according to police, blew the case wide open again.
They spotted Tupac in a car and then pulled up next to it, he wrote. Las Vegas police have long said witnesses refused to co-operate.
Davis said the process of writing the book was “therapeutic. “The biggest case in Las Vegas history,” he said.
What's confirmed
- He told law enforcement they spotted Tupac in a vehicle on the Vegas Strip, made a U-turn and pulled up to the rapper’s vehicle, according to the document.
- After the match, surveillance footage captured Tupac and members of his entourage, who police have said were associated with the Mob Piru Bloods street gang, attacking a man named Orlando Anderson, an alleged member of t
- Davis then obtained a gun, and he, Anderson and two others went searching for Tupac and Knight in an attempt to retaliate, according to a document included in a recent legal filing.
- In that interview, Davis said Tupac and Knight had assaulted his nephew Orlando Anderson on the night of September 7, 1996.
- But the complicated case hinges almost exclusively on one key piece of evidence: a book co-authored by Davis that he has argued is partially a piece of fiction.
- Davis, sitting in the front seat, said Anderson, in the back seat, fired the fatal shots, according to the interview notes.
What's still developing
- But the complicated case hinges almost exclusively on one key piece of evidence: a book co-authored by Davis that he has argued is partially a piece of fiction.
- "The funny thing about it is Tupac is actually an East Coast rapper," said Jeff Pearlman, author of Only God Can Judge Me: The Many Lives of Tupac Shakur.
- After the match, surveillance footage captured Tupac and members of his entourage, who police have said were associated with the Mob Piru Bloods street gang, attacking a man named Orlando Anderson, an alleged member…
- Las Vegas police have long said witnesses refused to co-operate.
- Members of Tupac's entourage said police initially treated them like suspects and failed to follow important leads.
- It was years later when Anderson's uncle, Davis, started talking, and according to police, blew the case wide open again.
- While Davis said he didn't have information about Biggie's death, he did have knowledge of Tupac's case and shared that he was in the car when the rapper was shot and killed.
- They spotted Tupac in a car and then pulled up next to it, he wrote.