Former gang leader masterminded Tupac’s drive-by killing, jury told

Opening statements in the trial transported a Las Vegas jury back in time to 1990s hip-hop, filled with rap feuds, gang street violence and a distrust in police.

Prosecutors accuse Duane Davis of orchestrating 1996 shooting in retaliation for attack by rapper’s entourage The trial of a former gang leader accused of orchestrating the 1996 killing of rap star Tupac Shakur began in a Las Vegas courtroom on Monday, featuring testimony from a witness to the shooting and a former pol

Duane Davis’ attorney called the prosecution’s narrative ‘fiction’

Jurors have heard opening statements in a trial in Las Vegas. Defendant Duane "Keffe D" Davis is charged with murdering hip-hop star, Tupac, in a 1996 drive-by shooting.

Duane Davis allegedly orchestrated the deadly drive-by shooting in Las Vegas after his nephew was purportedly attacked by Shakur and his pals, prosecutors argued in opening statements.

Duane “Keffe D” Davis is accused of leading a group of men to kill Shakur in retribution for the beating of his nephew.

Aug 17 (Reuters) - A former street gang leader orchestrated the 1996 drive-by shooting of hip-hop star Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas in retribution for the beating of his nephew, a prosecutor told jurors during opening statements in a murder trial tied to a long-unsolved crime that became a seminal moment in rap history.

Tupac Shakur trial told gang leader ordered revenge killing  The Times

Los Angeles gang leader masterminded Tupac's drive-by killing, prosecutor tells jury  Reuters

Duane Davis in court for his murder trial, related to the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur. PA Las Vegas Duane “Keffe D” Davis has pleaded not guilty. OPENING STATEMENTS HAVE begun in the trial of a man accused of orchestrating the killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, the start of weeks of evidence revisiting what happen

In opening statements, prosecutors told a jury that "visceral anger" caused Duane “Keffe D” Davis to lead the effort to kill the iconic rapper.

Marion Hugh "Suge" Knight Jr., who cofounded Death Row Records, is on the witness list in the trial of the man accused of ordering Tupac Shakur's murder, which begins Monday. Celebrity attorney Chris Melcher has more.

A former street gang leader accused of masterminding the 1996 drive-by shooting death of hip-hop star Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas faces opening statements on Monday in a murder trial tied to a long-unsolved crime that became a seminal moment in rap history.