Tupac Murder Case Ends with Guilty Verdict for Duane Davis

A jury convicted Duane 'Keffe D' Davis of first-degree murder in the 1996 drive-by shooting death of rapper Tupac Shakur. Prosecutors said Davis orchestrated the attack and supplied the gun, though he did not fire the fatal shot. Davis now faces a possible life sentence.

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The conviction came after a brief deliberation period, with the jury taking under three hours to reach its decision. Davis, now 63, was found guilty of first-degree murder with a deadly weapon in connection with gang activity. Prosecutors never claimed Davis fired the fatal shot, instead arguing he supplied the weapon and orchestrated the attack from the vehicle. His nephew Orlando Anderson, who died in an unrelated 1998 Compton shootout, was identified as a possible shooter.

Davis had repeatedly confessed to involvement over nearly two decades, telling police, television audiences, and book readers about