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Tupac Shakur murder trial: accused told police in 2008 his nephew fired fatal shots

Saturday, 22 August 2026, 06:28 · 1 min read

In a Las Vegas courtroom, prosecutors have played a 2008 police interview in which Duane 'Keffe D' Davis told detectives that his nephew Orlando Anderson fired the shots that killed rapper Tupac Shakur on 7 September 1996. Davis, who was a passenger in the car that pulled alongside Shakur's vehicle that night, said he passed his gun to Anderson after another occupant declined to take it — a claim that places the trigger responsibility on Anderson, who died years later having denied any involvement. The testimony is central to a murder trial that has gripped public attention for nearly three decades, with prosecutors arguing that Davis orchestrated the attack after Anderson was beaten by Shakur's entourage hours earlier in a Las Vegas casino, while Davis's defence lawyer maintains that his client's statements are inconsistent and uncorroborated.

Sources
BBC World — Tupac murder accused told police in 2008 his nephew fired fatal shots ↗︎El País — ¿Por qué juzgan a un hombre por el asesinato del rapero Tupac Shakur 30 años después de su asesinato? ↗︎
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