Overview
- A Las Vegas jury found Duane “Keffe D” Davis guilty of first‑degree murder with use of a deadly weapon after about three hours of deliberations following closing arguments.
- Judge Carli Kierny ordered Davis to remain jailed and scheduled sentencing for October 13; Davis has told the court he intends to appeal the verdict.
- The prosecution’s case rested mainly on Davis’s 2008 proffer to investigators, public interviews and his 2019 memoir, which prosecutors say contain details only an eyewitness would know.
- Investigators never recovered the gun or the white Cadillac tied to the shooting, prosecutors did not identify the shooter at trial, and three men prosecutors say were in the Cadillac at the time are deceased.
- The verdict closes a decades‑long cold case that has loomed over hip‑hop history and may bring emotional relief to Shakur’s family while raising questions about how organizer‑liability law and testimonial evidence can resolve other old cases.