A former gang leader has been charged with Tupac Shakur’s murder in Las Vegas in 1996.
Duane “Keffe D” Davis was indicted by a grand jury in Nevada, prosecutor Marc DiGiacomo has told a court.
Davis’s nephew and Shakur were involved in a fight in a casino, police say, leading to the retaliatory shooting of Shakur.
The hip-hop legend was shot in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas in September 1996.
He died aged 25, a week after he was shot four times in his car while waiting at a red light.
Police say Shakur waited 27 years for justice, and that decades of investigation paid off.
Duane Davis has been charged with Tupac Shakur’s murder – and he’s long been under the scope of investigators.
Police said Davis, who is also known as “Keffe D”, was the “leader and shot caller” of the South Side Compton Crips street gang.
He’s one of the last living witnesses to the fatal September 1996 drive-by shooting.
Davis has admitted on multiple occasions, including in his 2019 tell-all memoir, Compton Street Legend, that he was in the car from which shots were fired.
Nevada’s Clark County chief deputy district attorney Marc DiGiacomo has described Davis as the “on-ground, on-site commander” who “ordered the death” of Shakur, according to the AP news agency.
Police executing a search warrant at Davis’ home in July found hard drives, tablets and laptops.
A copy of Vibe magazine featuring Shakur was also taken, along with a copy of Davis’ book.