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Man who allegedly arranged Tupac Shakur's 1996 killing going on trial in Las Vegas

The man who prosecutors say orchestrated the 1996 killing of rap icon Tupac Shakur, Duane "Keffe D" Davis, is scheduled to go to trial almost 30 years after the drive-by shooting in Las Vegas.

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Prosecutors to allege Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis ordered killing and provided gun in Las Vegas drive-by shooting of rapper The trial is to begin of a former gang leader over the decades-old killing of the rapper Tupac Shakur, one of the most high-profile unsolved murders in the US. The proceedings, which begin in Las Vegas on Monday and are expected to last a month, are unlikely to make clear who fired the shots that kil…

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Duane Davis trial for 1996 Tupac Shakur killing

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A Las Vegas jury has convicted Duane 'Keffe D' Davis of murder with a deadly weapon with intent to promote, further or assist a criminal gang for his role in arranging the 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur.

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Duane Davis's conviction was clarified as murder with a deadly weapon with gang enhancement, and reported as the first conviction in the 1996 Tupac Shakur killing.

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Man who allegedly arranged Tupac Shakur's 1996 killing going on trial in Las Vegas

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Tupac Shakur: former gang boss to go on trial nearly 30 years after rapper’s killing

Prosecutors to allege Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis ordered killing and provided gun in Las Vegas drive-by shooting of rapper The trial is to begin of a former gang leader over the decades-old killing of the rapper Tupac Shakur, one of the most high-profile unsolved murders in the US. The proceedings, which begin in Las Vegas on Monday and are expected to last a month, are unlikely to make clear who fired the shots that kil…

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