Jury Selection Begins in Tupac Shakur Murder Trial

Jury selection began on Monday, August 10, 2026, in a Las Vegas courtroom for the trial of Duane "Keffe D" Davis, the former gang leader accused of orchestrating the 1996 murder of hip-hop icon Tupac Shakur. The proceedings mark a significant step in one of America's most high-profile unsolved celebrity killings, nearly three decades after the drive-by shooting that stunned the music world.

Davis, 63, faces a single count of murder with a deadly weapon with the intent to promote, further, or assist a criminal gang. He has pleaded not guilty. Prosecutors allege Davis was the on-the-ground leader of a group of South Side Compton Crips who sought retaliation after Shakur and members of his entourage assaulted Davis's nephew, Orlando "Baby Lane" Anderson, inside the MGM Grand casino earlier on September 7, 1996. The confrontation followed a longstanding rivalry between the Crips and the Mob Piru gang, which authorities say was associated with Death Row Records, the label founded by Marion "Suge" Knight.

According to court filings, authorities believe Davis obtained the firearm used in the attack and provided it to other men in a white Cadillac. The vehicle pulled alongside the black...