‘Keffe D’ stays in custody since 2023 arrest
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The person accused of orchestrating the homicide of Tupac Shakur faces a brand new cost after allegedly preventing with one other inmate, paperwork mentioned.
Duane “Keffe D” Davis, 61, was charged Sunday with battery by a prisoner for an incident contained in the Clark County Detention Middle.
A nonetheless picture from surveillance footage from the battle involving Duane “Keffe D” Davis. (LVMPD/KLAS)
Paperwork obtained Tuesday reveal Davis allegedly fought with one other inmate the place each “[engaged] in mutual combat by grappling and throwing closed fist strikes,” paperwork mentioned. Davis allegedly grabbed the opposite inmate in a headlock.
A corrections officer sprayed each males with pepper spray till they might be separated, paperwork mentioned. The second inmate, who’s 53, is in custody on a homicide cost, data mentioned.
A nonetheless picture from surveillance footage from the battle involving Duane “Keffe D” Davis. (LVMPD/KLAS)
“Davis stated he was just standing his ground,” officers mentioned.
The arrest report offers a date of Dec. 23, 2024, however the quantity assigned to the incident signifies the battle occurred on Jan. 23.
Duane “Keffe D” Davis seems in court docket for a listening to on a movement to dismiss fees for his involvement within the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025 in Las Vegas. (Ethan Miller/Pool Photograph through AP)
In court docket Tuesday, Las Vegas Justice Courtroom Decide Concord Letizia affirmed Davis’ $50,000 and ordered him to return to court docket on Feb. 11.
Davis has remained in custody since his arrest in September 2023. He has publicly mentioned he was sitting within the entrance passenger seat of the automobile, which pulled up side-by-side with Shakur’s, earlier than the September 1996 capturing close to the Las Vegas Strip. Marion “Suge” Knight, the then-head of Demise Row Information, was driving the automobile with Shakur sitting within the passenger seat. Knight was injured within the capturing. Shakur died from his accidents a number of days later.
Davis’ trial was scheduled to start in March. The choose within the case scheduled a Feb. 11 listening to to find out if that date would stick.
