<img alt="Duane Davis, right, and his attorney Michael Sanft sit in a courtroom after a jury found Davis guilty of first-degree murder in his trial related to the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, at Clark County District Court Regional Justice Center, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026, in Las Vegas." src="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/2152x1435+0+0/resize/2152x1435!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F2a%2F58%2F8b949e7e407dac1f62569a3c7ef9%2Fap26244048436660.jpg" /><p>A jury found Duane "Keffe D" Davis guilty of orchestrating the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur. The verdict was delivered on August 31, 2026, at the Clark County District Court Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas.</p><p>(Image credit: Bizuayehu Tesfaye)</p><img src="https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=g-s1-141341" />
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Duane Davis convicted of first-degree murder in Tupac Shakur case
Duane Davis was found guilty of first-degree murder for his role in the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur. The jury delivered the verdict on August 31, 2026, in Las Vegas.
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