LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The legal professional for the person accused of orchestrating the homicide of Tupac Shakur stated his shopper was “ambushed” contained in the jail.
Duane “Keffe D” Davis, 61, was charged Sunday with battery by a prisoner for an incident contained in the Clark County Detention Middle. Courtroom paperwork give two dates for when it occurred — Dec. 23 and Jan. 24. Davis’ legal professional, Carl Arnold, stated Friday that the December date is appropriate.
Paperwork the 8 Information Now Investigators first obtained Tuesday reveal Davis allegedly fought with one other inmate the place each “[engaged] in mutual fight by grappling and throwing closed fist strikes.” Davis allegedly grabbed the opposite inmate in a headlock. The second inmate, who’s 53, is in custody on a homicide cost, data stated.
A unique view of the battle as offered by legal professional Carl Arnold. (KLAS)
The assault occurred after Davis met along with his legal professional and a corrections officer escorted Davis again to his cell, Arnold stated.
“Regardless of clear video proof exhibiting Mr. Davis was the sufferer on this scenario, he’s being unfairly charged in a case riddled with critical procedural considerations,” Arnold said Friday. “We are going to aggressively problem these fees and demand full accountability for the safety failures and the intense errors within the official file.”
A nonetheless picture from surveillance footage from the battle involving Duane “Keffe D” Davis. (LVMPD/KLAS)
The incident was not introduced up by Arnold nor prosecutors throughout a listening to in mid-January.
In courtroom Tuesday, Las Vegas Justice Courtroom Choose Concord Letizia affirmed Davis’ $50,000 and ordered him to return to courtroom on Feb. 11.
Davis has remained in custody since his arrest in September 2023. He has publicly stated he was sitting within the entrance passenger seat of the automotive, which pulled up side-by-side with Shakur’s, earlier than the September 1996 taking pictures close to the Las Vegas Strip. Marion “Suge” Knight, the then-head of Dying Row Information, was driving the automotive with Shakur sitting within the passenger seat. Knight was injured within the taking pictures. Shakur died from his accidents a number of days later.
Davis’ trial was scheduled to start in March. The choose within the homicide case scheduled a Feb. 11 listening to to find out if that date would stick.
