Duane 'Keffe D' Davis, 63, faces a single charge of murder with a deadly weapon, aggravated by the intent to promote, foster, or help a criminal organization, and is the only person prosecuted for the death of the rapper. ^[1] The jury charged with deciding the fate of Duane 'Keffe D' Davis began deliberations following the final arguments in his trial for the 1996 assassination of Tupac Shakur. ^[2] A Las Vegas jury found Duane Keith Davis guilty of the murder of Tupac Shakur on 2026-04-12. ^[3] Prosecutor Binu Palal argued that Davis, along with his nephew Orlando Anderson and the rest of his group, decided to pursue Shakur after Anderson had a altercation with the rapper and his entourage at the MGM Grand hotel in Las Vegas. ^[4] The jury panel is integrated by 16 people, four of them alternates, who listened to the testimony of nearly 30 witnesses called by both sides during nine days of hearings. ^[5] Davis had spent years telling investigators and interviewers of his direct involvement before he was arrested in 2023. ^[6] Duane Keith Davis, a 63-year-old former South Side Compton Crips gang leader, was accused of instigating the deadly shooting but not pulling the trigger himself. ^[7] The jury took about three hours to reach the guilty verdict in a case that relied heavily on multiple confessions from Davis himself. ^[8]