The trial for Tupac Shakur homicide suspect Duane “Keefe D” Davis has reportedly been pushed again to 2026.
Tupac Homicide Suspect Trial Delayed
Will probably be a minimum of one other yr earlier than household and pals of late rap icon Tupac Shakur get closure. On Tuesday (Feb. 18), ABC Information reported that the trial for Davis, the only suspect charged with being concerned within the killing, is postponed till Feb. 9, 2026. The delay comes after Davis’ authorized group filed a movement requesting the postponement to allow them to have enough time to interview new witnesses.
“It seems to be like there are fairly just a few issues which are left to be accomplished to get this case ready in order that Mr. Davis can have efficient help of counsel,” Decide Carli Kierny mentioned throughout a quick listening to on Tuesday.
Prosecutors say Davis orchestrated the drive-by capturing and is the one dwelling one that was current within the automotive the place the pictures that killed Tupac got here from. Regardless of Davis’ earlier admission to be current on the crime, his authorized group is now claiming he was not even in Las Vegas when ’Pac was killed.
Davis’ protection lawyer, Carl Arnold, even posited that Reggie Wright Jr., who labored safety for Suge Knight’s Loss of life Row Data, could also be accountable.
“We’re actively conducting additional investigations, talking with key witnesses, and guaranteeing that Mr. Davis receives the honest trial to which he’s constitutionally entitled,” Arnold mentioned. “Given the magnitude of this case, it’s crucial that we’ve enough time to current a complete protection.”
In a response to the allegations, Wright Jr. tells ABC Information, “Good luck discovering somebody saying that, that is credible. It is heartbreaking they maintain dragging in my title. I did not have something to do with that. One of many worst days of my life after I heard that that occurred.”
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Davis was arrested in September of 2023, 27 years after Tupac Shakur was shot on the Las Vegas Strip on Sept. 6, 1996. The rapper would succumb to his wounds on Sept. 13, 1996. Police say Davis was chargeable for procuring the gun used within the Tupac capturing, which occurred in retaliation for Davis’ nephew Orlando Anderson being jumped by Tupac and members of Loss of life Row on the MGM on line casino earlier that night time.
Anderson, Terrance Brown, Deandre Smith, all deceased, are additionally talked about within the indictment. Police consider they, together with Davis, have been within the automotive that fired the pictures that killed Tupac.
XXL has reached out to Davis’ lawyer for remark.
