CORRECTION Tupac Trial

A 1996 photograph of the car that rapper Tupac Shakur was riding in when he was shot, is displayed during the Duane Davis murder trial, related to the 1996 killing of the rapper, at Clark County District Court Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas, Monday, Aug. 17, 2026. CORRECTION: corrects spelling from Shukur to Shakur

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A dispute about fact vs. fiction at the trial over Tupac Shakur's 1996 killing in Las Vegas

A dispute about fact vs. fiction at the trial over Tupac Shakur's 1996 killing in Las Vegas

The trial has begun in Las Vegas for a man accused of orchestrating the killing of Tupac Shakur. A prosecutor told jurors during opening statements Monday that while few have been willing to speak about the 1996 shooting, Duane “Keffe D” Davis is the “one person who has a hard time being silent.” Davis was charged with murder nearly 30 years after the drive-by shooting. Prosecutors say he provided the gun to the person who killed Shakur. Davis published a tell-all memoir in 2019 that revived the cold case. His attorney argues the book was fictionalized to make a profit Davis has pleaded not guilty.