If Duane “Keefe D” Davis is found guilty in the death of Tupac Shakur, he won’t exactly be able to blame it on a case of mistaken identity. Over the years, Davis has proudly asserted his connection to Shakur’s death. Davis’ earliest comments came in 1998 when he participated in a BET interview. When discussing who killed Shakur, Davis replied, “Going to keep it for the code of the streets. It just came from the back seat, bro” (via CNN).
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During a 2019 interview with VLAD TV, Davis went in depth about the moments leading up to Shakur’s shooting. “[Tupac] got to the light […] he was hanging out the window,” said Davis about the moment their cars met at a red light. “He was hanging out the window like he was in a parade.” Unwilling to say what happened next, the interviewer then read excerpts from Davis’ candid memoir centering on the incident. After the reporter asked Davis to qualify his claims that Tupac reached for a gun, he agreed. “It looked like he was reaching, yeah,” however, “Once he got to reaching, I got to ducking.” The reporter then read more from the book. “Pac pulled out a strap and that’s when fireworks started,” Davis wrote in the book. “One of my guys from the backseat grabbed the glock and started bussing back.” While Davis stood by his words, he never claimed responsibility for the actual shooting, however.
