Keefe D Makes Bid For House Arrest In Tupac Murder Trial
Duane Keith Davis, known as Keefe D, is the murder suspect in rapper Tupac Shakur’s 1996 fatal shooting. Keefe D’s lawyers have made a bid for house arrest for the…
NEW YORK, NY – APRIL 25: American rapper, songwriter, and actor (1971-1996) Tupac Shakur poses for a portrait during the 1994 Source Awards on April 25, 1994 at the Paramount Theatre in New York, New York.
(Photo by Bob Berg/Getty Images)Duane Keith Davis, known as Keefe D, is the murder suspect in rapper Tupac Shakur's 1996 fatal shooting. Keefe D's lawyers have made a bid for house arrest for the former gang member ahead of his June trial.
His attorneys -- who have been court-appointed -- claim that due to the 60-year-old's poor health, he is not a threat to the public according to local Las Vegas news outlet KTNV. His attorneys also want to keep the bail low and not exceed $100,000. However, prosecutors "allege in a court filing submitted last week that jail telephone recordings and a list of names provided to Davis' family members show that there are witnesses at risk of harm if Davis was released," the outlet reports.
Shakur was killed on Sept. 7, 1996, in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas. He was sitting inside a black car with Marion "Suge" Knight. Knight, at the time, was the CEO of Death Row Records. On the night of Sept. 7, 1996, police say the two stopped at a red light near the Las Vegas Strip when a white Cadillac pulled up next to them, and gunfire erupted. The "Dear Mama" rapper was shot multiple times. He succumbed to his injuries a week later in a local hospital.
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Keefe D is accused of orchestrating the shooting that killed Shakur. He was arrested on September 29 and held without bail since. According to police, he is the only suspect in the case who is still alive. Keefe D pleaded not guilty to the murder charges in November 2023.
Marion "Suge" Knight was also in the car with Tupac the night he was murdered and left with non-life-threatening injuries. Knight is currently in a California prison serving 28 years for a fatal hit-and-run in 2015. The victim was Compton businessman Terry Carter. The murder was unrelated to Tupac's shooting.
Over the years, Davis has admitted that he was in the convertible during the shooting. He confessed his involvement in his 2019 tell-all memoir, Compton Street Legend. In a BET interview, he claimed that his nephew, Orlando "Baby Lane" Anderson, was the one who pulled the trigger from the backseat of the vehicle. The shooting erupted after a casino brawl in which Shakur, Anderson, and others were involved.
