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Tupac Murder Trial Opens 30 Years Later

Three decades after the fatal Vegas shooting, jurors will finally decide Duane 'Keffe D' Davis' fate.

Three decades after the fatal Vegas shooting, jurors will finally decide Duane 'Keffe D' Davis' fate.
Hollywood Reporter

Fame & Fortune Desk · August 18, 2026 · Based on reporting by Hollywood Reporter

Thirty years after Tupac Shakur was gunned down in a Las Vegas drive-by, his killing is finally in front of a jury. Duane "Keffe D" Davis stands trial on claims he orchestrated the 1996 shooting, with prosecutors framing the murder as "an act of revenge," per The Hollywood Reporter.

Jurors will now decide whether Davis played a role in the fatal drive-by, Rolling Stone reports. It's a landmark moment for one of pop culture's most infamous unsolved sagas. Three decades of theories and dead ends -- and now, a verdict is finally within reach. Expect weeks of courtroom drama. One of music's coldest cases just heated up.

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