Witness refuses to name Tupac shooting suspects at trial

The murder trial of Duane "Keffe D" Davis, charged with orchestrating the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, saw tense testimony on its second day as a key witness refused to directly identify those responsible. James "Mob James" McDonald, a former associate of Shakur's entourage, told the Clark County, Nevada, court on Tuesday that he knew who was present during the fatal drive-by shooting but would not name them, stating it "wouldn't be good" for the defendant.

McDonald, a former member of the Mob Piru Bloods gang, testified under a court order, expressing reluctance to participate. He told the jury he was working at Suge Knight's Las Vegas nightclub, Club 662, when he learned Shakur and Knight had been shot on September 7, 1996. Under cross-examination by Davis's defense attorney, Michael Sanft, McDonald became visibly exasperated. "I don't want to send him to prison, even though we don't like each other," McDonald said, referring to Davis. "You're asking me questions that can hurt him."

While refusing to name individuals, McDonald described the aftermath of the shooting as a "gang war." He testified that when he and others returned to Compton, California, "people were...