The 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur

[Bewitchingstorm]

The witness list has been released ahead of the murder trial of Duane “Keffe D” Davis, the man charged in connection with the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur.

Among those expected to take the stand is Marion “Suge” Knight, who was in the car with Shakur at the time of the shooting.

Knight is the only other surviving witness to the murder.

Knight is currently serving a 28-year prison sentence at a California facility for a deadly hit-and-run crash in 2015.

In a 2023 interview with TMZ, Knight said he would not testify.

“1000% I wouldn’t go,” Knight said. “I wouldn’t testify, none of that.”

https://www.fox5vegas.com/2026/08/03...ected-testify/

[Bewitchingstorm]

A prosecutor said Monday that while few have been willing to speak about the 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur, Duane "Keffe D" Davis is the "one person who has a hard time being silent."

Palal showed jurors video of Shakur's entourage attacking Davis' nephew Orlando "Baby Lane" Anderson outside the boxing match at the MGM Grand hours before the shooting on Sept. 7, 1996.

Davis spent the next two hours planning how to get even, said Palal, and Shakur was gunned down "in an act of revenge."

In a 2008 interview with a federal task force investigating the killing of Shakur's rival, the Notorious B.I.G., Davis instead talked about the Shakur shooting.

He described handing a gun to the men in the backseat of a white Cadillac that fired on a black BMW with Shakur and Marion "Suge" Knight inside.

Palal told jurors Davis held onto a visceral hatred for Shakur for decades that drove him to speak.

He said the defendant talked to the FBI in 1998 and again in 1999, admitting he had been in Las Vegas at the time of the shooting.

In 2009, he admitted to his role in the killing in an interview with Las Vegas police, Palal said. "And now 30 years later, we're going to ask you to finally hold Duane Davis accountable," Palal said.

https://www.npr.org/2026/08/18/g-s1-...-killing-trial

[Nic B]

I can't believe this is finally happening. I will never forget when I heard about him being shot, and I will always remember he died on Friday the 13th.