A Las Vegas judge has dealt a significant blow to Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis, the man accused of orchestrating the 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur, by denying a request to suppress evidence seized by police, according to music-news.com.
Davis’s legal team argued that a July 2023 search of his home was unlawful, claiming the warrant was executed at night and based on “strategic omissions.” His lawyers portrayed the defendant as a “retired grandfather” and cancer survivor who had transitioned into lawful employment as an oil refinery inspector years before his arrest.
However, the judge dismissed these arguments during a Tuesday hearing, allowing the evidence to stand.
Prosecutors allege that Davis was the “shot-caller” behind the infamous drive-by shooting on the Las Vegas Strip. They claim he not only orchestrated the attack as retaliation for a casino brawl involving Shakur and Davis’s nephew, Orlando Anderson, he also supplied the firearm used to kill Shakur and wound Death Row Records boss Suge Knight.
Davis, who has pleaded not guilty to a single count of murder, remains in custody at the Clark County Detention Centre.
The case continues to draw international attention, particularly following Davis’s past claims involving industry figures. In a 2008 interview, he alleged that Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs offered $1 million to have Shakur and Knight killed; an accusation Combs has consistently and vehemently denied.
