A law enforcement source tells CNN that a person has been detained in Las Vegas in relation to the 1996 assassination of rapper Tupac Shakur.
The source, who is knowledgeable about the case, says that Duane Keith Davis, alias “Keffe D,” was the person detained on Friday morning. His wife’s Henderson house was searched in July as a result of the ongoing probe into the shooting.
According to the source, representatives from the Las Vegas Metro Police Department will conduct a news conference later on Friday.
On the Las Vegas Strip, Shakur was shot and killed as he was exiting a boxing match. Conspiracy theories & a decades-long investigation have surrounded the rapper’s untimely death; he was only 25.
Davis has long claimed to have been at the site of the crime, claiming to have been in the front seat of the white Cadillac that had pulled up next to Shakur’s vehicle when shots were fired, killing the artist. After being shot four times, the rapper passed away six days later.
A copy of the memoir Davis wrote documenting street gang life and the murder of Shakur was found when police searched Davis’ wife’s home in July. The only other live witness to Shakur’s shooting, according to Davis’ account, is Marion ‘Suge’ Knight, the former CEO of Death Row Records, who is currently serving a jail sentence for manslaughter in a separate case.
When Davis was asked which of the four men in the automobile had fired the gun, he said, “Going to keep it for the code of the streets.” “Bro, it just emerged from the backseat.”
Rapper Mopreme Shakur, stepbrother of Tupac, described the news of Davis’ arrest as “bittersweet.”
“We have endured years of suffering. They have been aware of this man, who has been making noise, for a long time,” he stated.
He asked, “So why now?” “This is not over for us. We are interested in the cause and any possible collaborators.