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Jury convicts a man of first-degree murder for the 1996 killing of rap icon Tupac Shakur
Tuesday, September 1, 2026
Duane "Keffe D" Davis was convicted of first-degree murder in the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur. The conviction came after a jury trial in Los Angeles. Davis was accused of orchestrating the shooting that killed Shakur on September 7, 1996, in Las Vegas. The case remained unsolved for nearly three decades before Davis's arrest and prosecution.
Original reporting: https://www.npr.org/2026/09/01/g-s1-141341/conviction-tupac-shakur-murder