Jailphone from alleged Tupac killer emerges just before Las Vegas murder trial
A seven-minute jail call by Duane “Keffe D” Davis, accused of ordering Tupac Shakur’s 1996 killing, was obtained and is expected to be used as evidence when his trial starts Monday.
Duane “Keffe D” Davis, a member of the South Side Compton Crips, made a seven-minute jailhouse phone call to a woman who identifies herself as his “husband” despite his marriage to Paula. During the call he admits to writing a memoir that details his involvement in the September 1996 Las Vegas drive-by that fatally wounded Tupac Shakur, and he confirms that his nephew Orlando Anderson was present and that a gun was passed to him.
The conversation also mentions other gang affiliates such as Devonta “Dirt Rock” Lee, who is slated to testify at the upcoming trial. Prosecutors intend to submit the call as evidence when Davis’s murder trial begins Monday in Las Vegas. The shooting happened shortly after Shakur and Death Row Records co-founder Marion “Suge” Knight attended a Mike Tyson bout at the MGM Grand. Davis was arrested in Henderson, Nevada, in September 2023 and faces murder charges for Shakur’s death.
Why it matters
Newly obtained evidence could determine the outcome of a decades-old, high-profile murder case.
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