Overview
- A Las Vegas jury found Duane “Keffe D” Davis guilty of first‑degree murder with a deadly weapon after about 90 minutes of deliberation, delivering the verdict on Monday, August 31, 2026.
- Prosecutors argued Davis was the organizer who ordered the retaliatory drive‑by and supplied the gun; Nevada law allows convicting an organizer as a principal even if they did not fire the fatal shots.
- The case hinged on hours of Davis’s own statements from a 2008 police interview, jailhouse recordings and his 2019 memoir rather than recovered physical evidence.
- Davis says he is innocent, has asked for the return of his phones and computers, and has either filed or will file an appeal; sentencing is scheduled for October 13, 2026.
- Tupac’s family called the verdict “elated and relieved,” while legal observers note that unanswered questions about who fired the shots and the lack of the weapon or Cadillac leave factual and evidentiary issues that could shape appeals or future charges.