Ex-gang leader Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis found guilty of murdering Tupac Shakur

Ex-gang leader Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis found guilty of murdering Tupac ShakurJury finds Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis, 63, guilty of murdering the chart-topping artist in the 1996 shooting.A former gang leader accused of orchestrating the killing of hip-hop star Tupac Shakur in the United States in 1996 ⁠has been convicted of murder for his role in the long-unsolved crime.A jury in Clark County, Nevada, deliberated for nearly three hours on Monday before finding Duane “Keffe D” Davis, 63, guilty of a single count of first-degree ⁠murder with a deadly weapon, capping an 11-day trial in a courtroom in the city of Las Vegas.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Suspect in rapper Tupac Shakur’s killing makes first court appearance in USlist 2 of 4Who killed Tupac? What to know about the trial of Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davislist 3 of 4‘Truth or fiction’: US trial of Tupac Shakur’s accused killer beginslist 4 of 4Tupac Shakur murder trial begins thirty years after his deathend of listDavis will face a maximum sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole at his sentencing on October 13. He told the judge “he plans to appeal this matter”.Davis, a former leader of the South Side Compton Crips street gang in Los Angeles, was accused of ordering the drive-by shooting that killed Shakur on September 7, 1996. Prosecutors said he was enraged because members of Shakur’s entourage had beaten his nephew at a Las Vegas casino hours earlier.“Duane Davis, in the culture of gangs, could not let that stand,” prosecutor Binu Palal said during closing arguments. “So what did he do? He acquired a firearm, got his group together and went hunting for Mr Shakur.”Shakur, who was in Las Vegas for a Mike Tyson heavyweight fight, was shot about two hours after the casino confrontation by a gunman in a white Cadillac that pulled up at a red light alongside the BMW in which the rapper was riding in the front passenger seat.According to prosecutors, Davis handed the gun to someone sitting in the back seat of the Cadillac and ordered that person to shoot Shakur, who died six days later.