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Tupac Shakur murder trial: Graphic autopsy photos shown as witnesses testify

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Day three of the trial of Duane "Keffe D" Davis resumes Wednesday with a half-day of testimony. Davis, 63, has pleaded not guilty to orchestrating the fatal 1996 Las Vegas drive-by shooting of rap icon Tupac Shakur, with his defense attorney calling the prosecution's narrative "fiction." Dr.

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  1. Trial begins for Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis for murder of rapper Tupac Shakur

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    Tupac Shakur murder trial: Graphic autopsy photos shown as witnesses testify

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  1. News West 9

    Jury selected for trial of former gang leader accused of ordering Tupac Shakur’s killing (opens News West 9)

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    Duane “Keffe D” Davis is the first person to be charged in connection to the drive-by shooting in Las Vegas nearly 30 years ago.

  2. Lamag

    Jury Picked For Trial of L.A. Gang Leader Charged In Tupac Killing (opens Lamag)

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    Duane Keith "Keffe D" Davis, 63, a self-described gang "shotcaller" from L.A., is charged in Clark County, Nevada with providing the Glock that cut down Tupac Shakur on the Vegas Strip in 1996

  3. News Nation Now

    Alleged mastermind in Tupac Shakur murder: What to expect at trial (opens News Nation Now)

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    Duane Davis's highly publicized trial will unfold in Las Vegas, where Shakur was fatally shot in 1996.

  4. KION Central Coast

    The key players in Tupac Shakur’s murder (opens KION Central Coast)

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    By Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — Almost 30 years after hip-hop legend Tupac Shakur’s murder, the only person ever charged in his death is going to trial. Duane Keith Davis, also known as “Keffe D,” is accused of orchestrating Shakur’s killing via a drive-by shooting on September 7, 1996, after his neph…

  5. Fox News

    Tupac Shakur murder trial kicks off as Duane 'Keffe D' Davis faces jury nearly three decades after shooting (opens Fox News)

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    Keffe D Davis faces a Las Vegas murder trial for the 1996 drive-by shooting of Tupac Shakur, with his own book and police interview as key evidence.

  6. Court TV

    Trial begins for Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis for murder of rapper Tupac Shakur (opens Court TV)

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    LAS VEGAS (Court TV) — Thirty years after rapper Tupac Shakur was gunned down in Las Vegas, Duane “Keffe D” Davis is standing trial for his death. Davis, 63, was indicted in 2023 on one count of murder with a deadly weapon and has pleaded not guilty. Davis was well-known as one of the last […]

  7. PBS NewsHour

    Opening statements begin in long-awaited trial in Tupac Shakur's 1996 killing (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    Duane "Keffe D" Davis is charged with murder in the 1996 killing of the legendary rapper. Davis is the first person to be charged in connection to the musician's death, nearly 30 years after he was killed in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas

  8. Rolling Stone

    Tupac Shakur Murder Trial Opens 30 Years After Rapper’s Death: ‘An Act of Revenge’ (opens Rolling Stone)

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    Jurors will decide whether Duane "Keffe D" Davis played a role in the deadly drive-by shooting that killed Tupac Shakur in September 1996

  9. Newsweek

    Tupac Murder: Biggest Revelations from Duane Davis Trial Opening Statements (opens Newsweek)

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    While prosecutors acknowledged Davis did not personally pull the trigger, they argued he played a central role in the shooting.

  10. Al Jazeera

    ‘Truth or fiction’: US trial of Tupac Shakur’s accused killer begins (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Prosecutors claim Duane Davis was ‘on-site commander’ in murder of Shakur, who died after drive-by shooting in 1996.

  11. The Hollywood Reporter

    Tupac Murder Trial Begins as Prosecution Calls Rapper’s Death “An Act of Revenge” (opens The Hollywood Reporter)

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    Thirty years after Shakur's death, Duane "Keffe D" Davis is on trial in Las Vegas on claims he orchestrated his murder.

  12. France 24

    30 years after fatal shooting, Tupac's murder trial underway in Nevada (opens France 24)

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    An unsolved tragedy that shook the music industry forever, enters a Nevada courtroom. The murder trial of former gang leader Duane Davis is now underway in Las Vegas, where prosecutors are laying out what they describe as a deadly act of revenge against rapper Tupac Shakur. Story by Caitlin Brown.

  13. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    Watch: MGM Grand video from night of Tupac Shakur murder shown at trial (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    A 1996 photo of rapper Tupac Shakur (L) and Marion “Suge” Knight is displayed during the Duane Davis murder trial, related to the 1996 killing of the rapper, at Clark County District Court at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, on August 17, 2026.

  14. The Guardian

    Tupac Shakur murder trial: gang leader in court accused of orchestrating 1996 killing of rap star (opens The Guardian)

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    Duane Davis is only man ever charged in relation to drive-by shooting of Shakur in Las Vegas What we know about Tupac Shakur’s death and what to expect from murder trial If you’re catching up now on what’s happened so far in th Tupac Shakur murder trial in Las Vegas, here is video of key evidence pr…

  15. Bangor Daily News

    Forensic pathologist details Tupac Shakur’s fatal wounds at Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis trial (opens Bangor Daily News)

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    LAS VEGAS (AP) — Some members of Tupac Shakur’s family stepped out of the courtroom Tuesday before prosecutors showed photos from his 1996 autopsy at the Las Vegas trial of Duane “Keffe D” Davis, who is charged with orchestrating the rap giant’s fatal drive-by shooting. Dr.

  16. Biography

    Who Is Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis? All About the Man Charged With Arranging Tupac’s Murder. (opens Biography)

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    Davis, who has pleaded not guilty, is set to stand trial in the long-unsolved case.

  17. The Guardian

    Tupac Shakur trial: lawyers share full account of killing as witnesses still refuse to testify (opens The Guardian)

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    Murder trial of Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis, 63, former South Side Compton Crips gang leader, opens in Las Vegas For nearly 30 years, the unsolved murder of 25-year-old rapper Tupac Shakur has sparked lawsuits , theories and conspiracies .

  18. Foxla

    Tupac Shakur murder trial: Graphic autopsy photos shown as witnesses testify (opens Foxla)

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    Day three of the trial of Duane "Keffe D" Davis resumes Wednesday with a half-day of testimony. Davis, 63, has pleaded not guilty to orchestrating the fatal 1996 Las Vegas drive-by shooting of rap icon Tupac Shakur, with his defense attorney calling the prosecution's narrative "fiction." Dr.

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