Duane “Keffe D” Davis sentenced to 40 years to life in prison for murder of Tupac Shakur

October 13, 2026 / 3:05 PM EDT / CBS News

A judge in Las Vegas, Nevada, sentenced Duane "Keffe D" Davis to 40 years to life in prison on Tuesday for the 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur. Judge Carli Kierny said he would receive credit for time already served.

Davis, 63, was convicted in August of murder with a deadly weapon with the intent to promote, further or assist a criminal gang for his role in the killing, although prosecutors said at the time that the state would dismiss the gang-related portion of his charge. He had pleaded not guilty.

At his sentencing hearing, Davis spoke briefly in court, telling the judge that he wanted some of the belongings police took from his house, like his pictures, to be returned to him. He said there was nothing more he wanted to say.

Shakur is widely considered a hip-hop music legend, and his death is among the most notorious celebrity deaths in modern history. He died six days after being shot while stopped at a red light in Las Vegas on Sept. 7, 1996. The mystery of who may have fired the shots persisted for years, until Davis started to…

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