Davis Lawyers Seek to Suppress Tupac Case Search Evidence

The attorneys for Duane "Keffe D" Davis, the man charged in the 1996 drive-by shooting death of rapper Tupac Shakur, filed a motion this week seeking to suppress evidence obtained during what they describe as an unlawful nighttime search of his home. The filing, submitted in Clark County District Court in Las Vegas, challenges the validity of a warrant executed in July 2023, just weeks before Davis's arrest.

Davis, 60, faces a first-degree murder charge in connection with the September 7, 1996, shooting that killed Shakur, then 25, as he rode in a car near the Las Vegas Strip following a Mike Tyson boxing match. The case, one of hip-hop's most enduring mysteries, went unsolved for decades until Las Vegas police arrested Davis in September 2023 at his home in nearby Henderson, Nevada. He has pleaded not guilty and remains in custody at the Clark County Detention Center, despite being granted bail and house arrest conditions earlier this year. His trial, originally set for February 2025, has been postponed to February 9, 2026.

In the motion, Davis's lawyers, Robert Draskovich and William Brown, argue that the nighttime search violated legal standards, as such warrants are reserved...