Tupac Jurors See Keffe D’s First Public Interview About Killing

Key Points:

• Jurors viewed a BET documentary featuring Duane “Keffe D” Davis recounting the 1996 shooting of Tupac Shakur, echoing his 2008 police interview, which prosecutors argue invalidated his earlier immunity agreement and supports his current murder charge in Las Vegas.
• In the documentary and interviews, Davis described being in a car with his nephew Orlando “Baby Lane” Anderson when they saw Shakur and Suge Knight, with Anderson allegedly firing the fatal shots, though Davis initially claimed he lied in 2008 for leverage and later repeated the story for payment.
• Prosecutors contend Davis voided a “queen for a day” immunity deal by publicly repeating his account in the BET series and memoir, allowing them to use his 2008 interview to corroborate his statements and pursue murder charges.
• Testimony revealed Davis was paid between $10,000 and $20,000 for his documentary participation, and further recorded interviews detailed the shooting as an act of gang-related revenge stemming from a prior altercation involving stolen items and assaults linked to Death Row Records affiliates.
• Davis, 63, has pleaded not guilty to murder with a deadly weapon and remains jailed since his September 2023 arrest, facing life imprisonment without parole if convicted.