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Updated on: August 17, 2026 / 8:42 PM EDT / CBS/AP Opening statements began Monday in the trial of a man accused of orchestrating the killing of rapper Tupac Shakur , the start of weeks of testimony revisiting what happened on a Las Vegas night nearly 30 years ago. Duane "Keffe D" Davis , 63, is charged with murder with a deadly weapon with the intent to promote, further or assist a criminal gang in Shakur's death. He pleaded not guilty , but if convicted, he faces life in prison. Davis entered the courtroom in a blue suit and tie and scanned the audience to see who was there before sitting next to his lawyer, Michael Sanft, once the jury was sworn in and seated. Members of Shakur's family, including his stepbrother Maurice "Mopreme" Shakur, sat quietly in the front row of the courtroom behind prosecutors.
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The gunfire that killed Shakur came from a white Cadillac that Davis was riding in with three others, all of whom have since died. "When he says he's the only person who can tell what happened, he's right," Palal said.
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Updated on: August 17, 2026 / 8:42 PM EDT / CBS/AP Opening statements began Monday in the trial of a man accused of orchestrating the killing of rapper Tupac Shakur , the start of weeks of testimony revisiting what happened on a Las Vegas night nearly 30 years ago. Duane "Keffe D" Davis , 63, is charged with murder with a deadly weapon with the intent to promote, further or assist a criminal gang in Shakur's death. He pleaded not guilty , but if convicted, he faces life in prison. Davis entered the courtroom in a blue suit and tie and scanned the audience to see who was there before sitting next to his lawyer, Michael Sanft, once the jury was sworn in and seated. Members of Shakur's family, including his stepbrother Maurice "Mopreme" Shakur, sat quietly in the front row of the courtroom behind prosecutors.
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