Nearly 30 Years After Tupac Was Gunned Down in Las Vegas, the Man Accused of Ordering the Hit Finally Goes on Trial Today

Nearly 30 Years After Tupac Was Gunned Down in Las Vegas, the Man Accused of Ordering the Hit Finally Goes on Trial Today

Nearly three decades after Tupac Shakur was shot and killed in Las Vegas, the man accused of ordering the killing is finally facing a jury.

Duane “Keffe D” Davis goes on trial today, almost 30 years after the rapper was gunned down.

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Tupac Shakur (Photo by Steve Granitz Archive/WireImage)

The whole case comes down to a memoir and a 2008 police interview in which Davis described being in the car. He says he was promised he’d never be prosecuted for talking.

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