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Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis Sentenced to 40 Years to Life for Role in Tupac Shakur’s Murder

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Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis Sentenced to 40 Years to Life for Role in Tupac Shakur’s Murder
Oct 13, 2026 11:59am PT Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis Sentenced to 40 Years to Life for Role in Tupac Shakur’s Murder

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Steven J. Horowitz

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speriod See All Add us as a Google Preferred Source Duane Davis looks on during a break during closing arguments in his murder trial, related to the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, at Clark County District Court at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, on August 31, 2026. The trial of the former gang leader accused of orchestrating the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur began on August 10, 30 years after one of America's most high-profile unresolved killings. The proceedings, expected to last a month, will likely not make clear who fired the shots that killed the California hip-hop legend on the night of September 7, 1996, while he was in Las Vegas to see a Mike Tyson boxing match. (Photo by STEVE MARCUS / POOL / AFP via Getty Images) POOL/AFP via Getty Images

Duane “Keffe D” Davis has been sentenced to 40 years to life after being found guilty of orchestrating the 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur.

Davis appeared in a Nevada court on Tuesday for his sentencing in the case, with the judge handing him 20 years to life for first-degree murder and 20 years to life for a deadly weapon enhancement. Davis, 63, was facing a maximum of life in prison without parole.

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