Trial of former gang leader to begin over Tupac Shakur murder
Tupac Shakur backstage after a performance in Chicago in 1994. Photograph: Raymond Boyd/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenTupac Shakur backstage after a performance in Chicago in 1994. Davis, 63, faces life in prison without parole if convicted.View image in fullscreenDuane Davis appearing at a hearing before his trial.
- ▪Tupac Shakur backstage after a performance in Chicago in 1994.
- ▪Photograph: Raymond Boyd/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenTupac Shakur backstage after a performance in Chicago in 1994.
- ▪Davis, 63, faces life in prison without parole if convicted.View image in fullscreenDuane Davis appearing at a hearing before his trial.
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- ▪ Why a murder trial is beginning nearly 30 years after Tupac Shakur’s death — Washington Post — National
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| Publication time | Mon, 10 Aug 2026 09:36:32 GMT |
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Tupac Shakur backstage after a performance in Chicago in 1994. Photograph: Raymond Boyd/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenTupac Shakur backstage after a performance in Chicago in 1994. Photograph: Raymond Boyd/Getty ImagesTupac ShakurTrial of former gang leader to begin over Tupac Shakur murderProsecutors to argue that Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis ordered killing and provided gun in Las Vegas drive-by shooting of rapperAgence France-Presse in Los Angeles Mon 10 Aug 2026 05.36 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleThe trial is to begin of a former gang leader over the decades-old killing of the rapper Tupac Shakur, one of the most high-profile unresolved murders in the US.The proceedings, which begin in Las Vegas on Monday and are expected to last a month, are unlikely to make clear who fired…
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