Las Vegas police have arrested a man on suspicion of murder in the 1996 shooting of hip-hop star Tupac Shakur.
Duane “Keffe D” Davis was arrested early Friday morning, September 29, although the exact charge or charges were not immediately clear.
An indictment was expected later on Friday, AP reports.
Shakur was wounded in a drive-by shooting near the Las Vegas Strip on September 7, 1996.
He died in a hospital six days later (September 13) at the age of 25.
Davis has admitted in interviews and in his 2019 tell-all memoir, “Compton Street Legend,” that he was in the Cadillac from which the gunfire erupted during the shooting, the AP said.
Homicide Investigation
In July this year, Las Vegas police served a search warrant at the Henderson, Nevada, home of Davis’ wife, Pamela Clemons, as part of Shakur’s homicide investigation.
Cops confiscated several computers, laptops and iPads from the home, as well as a .40-caliber cartridge.
This was the same type as the many casings that were recovered from the scene where Shakur was shot, according to a search warrant obtained by The Post.
Greg Kading, a retired LAPD detective who had investigated Tupac’s death, told The Post on Friday: “Davis provided the gun and he actively sought out Tupac with his nephew.
“Davis gave the gun to his nephew, who was in the car with them, and collectively, they went out and intended to shoot Tupac.
Solicitation For Murder
“He provided the gun, and his nephew did the shooting, so they are all equally guilty under solicitation for murder”.
Kading added, “I am super excited because this is huge!
“We knew this wasn’t an unsolved case, and now it looks like they have taken it to a point where they can officially close it.
“For the rest of history, Tupac’s murder will not be considered an unsolved crime.”
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Tupac’s life was cut short 37 years ago when the rap star and friends were driving to a nightclub in a convoy after watching the Mike Tyson-Bruce Seldon world heavyweight title fight in Las Vegas.
When the black BMW Shakur was riding in stopped at a traffic light, a white Cadillac pulled up alongside and a gunman inside fired at least nine bullets, apparently aimed at the passenger seat where Shakur was.
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