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[^2]\n\nA jury in Las Vegas convicted Duane Davis, a 63-year-old former leader of the South Side Compton Crips, of the murder of Tupac Shakur. [^3]\n\nDuane Davis admitted to being in the white Cadillac that shot Tupac Shakur and stated he gave the gun to others in the back seat to fire. [^4]\n\nProsecutors argued that Duane Davis, a former commander of the South Side Compton Crips, acted as an on-site commander who ordered Shakur's death following a fight involving Davis's nephew. [^5]\n\nThe case was reopened after Davis published a memoir in 2019 where he admitted to being in the car and handing the gun to Orlando Anderson, leading to his arrest in September 2023. [^6]\n\nThe verdict was reached on Monday after the jury deliberated for several hours, marking the conclusion of a thirty-year-old cold case. [^7]\n\nProsecutors alleged that Davis planned the shooting after his nephew, Orlando Anderson, was involved in a fight at a Las Vegas casino. [^8]\n\nDavis claimed in his 2019 memoirs that he was a passenger in the car from which Tupac was shot and that he handed the weapon to his nephew, Orlando Anderson, who fired the shots. [^9]\n\nDuane Davis, 63, was accused of the murder in 2023 after the case remained unsolved for nearly 30 years. [^10]\n\nThe jury reached its verdict after deliberating for three hours, and Davis is scheduled to receive his sentence on October 13. [^11]\n\nProsecutors stated that Davis coordinated the attack on Tupac Shakur in September 1996 and provided the weapon used in the shooting. 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