CLA jury in Las Vegas has convicted Duane 'Keffe D' Davis, 63, of first-degree murder for the assassination of rapper Tupac Shakur nearly 30 years after the crime. The conviction marks the first judicial sentence directly tied to one of the most famous and long-investigated murders in music history. According to TMZ, Davis was found guilty of using a deadly weapon to assist a criminal organization, potentially facing a life sentence. Davis plans to appeal the verdict. The attack occurred on September 7, 1996, when Shakur was shot while traveling in a BMW in Las Vegas. He died six days later at age 25. Prosecutors did not claim Davis pulled the trigger but argued he played a leadership role as the 'shot caller,' providing instructions and the weapon used in the killing. They suggested the attack was retaliation for a prior altercation between Tupac and Orlando 'Baby Lane' Anderson, Davis’s nephew, who died in 1998 without being formally charged. Prosecutors relied heavily on Davis’s past statements, including a 2008 police interview where he claimed to have given Anderson the gun. Defense attorneys challenged the credibility of these claims, arguing they were exaggerated stories meant
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