Tupac Shakur (AP Photo/Frank Wiese, File) and Duane Davis (The Art of the Dialogue/YouTube)
Police have arrested a 60-year-old man in the 1996 Las Vegas murder of rapper Tupac Shakur.
Duane Keith Davis was taken into custody on Friday in connection with Shakur’s death, officials with knowledge of the investigation told The Associated Press. The exact charges have not been released, but a press conference is expected to be held at 12:30 p.m. local time on Friday.
Davis, whose street name is Keefe D., told detectives with a Los Angeles Police Department task force in 2008, that his nephew, Orlando Anderson, shot Shakur from the backseat of a white Cadillac. Greg Kading, then an LAPD homicide detective, said Davis agreed to the proffer after the DEA built a drug case against Davis and his family.
The proffer could not be used against Davis in court. Davis, according to a recording of the interview, said he handed his nephew the gun to shoot Shakur.
Anderson can’t be prosecuted because he was shot and killed in 1997. Police have long suspected Anderson was the shooter.
Mike Dorsey, who directed “Murder Rap: Inside the Biggie and Tupac Murders” told Law&Crime recently that he expected an arrest.
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“I think that they are going to close this case. I think that there is very likely going to be an indictment,” Dorsey said.
Last month, Las Vegas Metro Police executed a search warrant on Davis’ home in Henderson. Officers seized a number of electronic devices including iPads and computers, a “Vibe” magazine with Shakur on the cover, copies of Davis’ book, “Compton Street Legend” and .40 caliber ammunition.
Shakur was shot with .40 caliber bullets. It’s not clear whether the rounds found in Davis’ home are the same ammunition used to kill Shakur.
Davis’ self-published book is considered a confession to what happened that night. He has also granted several interviews to YouTube channels and to BET’s “Death Row Chronicles” in which he discussed that night.
An LVMPD spokesperson would only confirm that a search warrant related to Shakur’s death was executed on July 17. No further details were provided.
This story will be updated
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