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[^3]\n\nOn September 7, 1996, Tupac Shakur, a 25-year-old rapper, was shot and killed while traveling in a vehicle near the Las Vegas Strip. [^4]\n\nDuane Davis, 63, is accused of ordering the shooting of Tupac Shakur on September 7, 1996, as revenge after Shakur's entourage allegedly beat up Davis's nephew at a Las Vegas casino. [^5]\n\nDavis' defense attorney, Michael Sanft, argued the case lacked surveillance footage, phone records, or other evidence placing Davis in Las Vegas on September 7, 1996. [^6]\n\nThe prosecution emphasized that Davis repeatedly placed himself inside a white Cadillac from which the shots were fired, despite evolving accounts of the crime. [^7]\n\nDuane Davis, 63 years old, was found guilty after a jury deliberated for nearly three hours during a trial that lasted several weeks. [^8]\n\nProsecutors argued that Duane Davis organized the attack against Tupac Shakur following a confrontation involving Davis's nephew and musician Marion 'Suge' Knight. [^9]\n\nTupac Shakur was shot in a drive-by attack on September 7, 1996, and died six days later on September 13, 1996, at the age of 25. [^10]\n\nDuane 'Keffe D' Davis, 63, was found guilty of using a deadly weapon in the murder of Tupac Shakur. [^11]\n\nTupac Shakur was critically injured on September 7, 1996, in Las Vegas when a white Cadillac stopped near his vehicle and opened fire. 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