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Tupac Amaru Shakur

Criminal trial over the 1996 fatal shooting of rapper Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas.

On trial · allegations
last updated 20 August 2026 · 10 sources
Confirmed facts
9
Open questions
4
Stage
On trial
Plea
Not guilty
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Case file Tupac Amaru Shakur, reference D C zero one four five. According to AP and The Guardian, on September seventh, nineteen ninety-six, Tupac Shakur was shot near the Las Vegas Strip while riding in a BMW driven by Marion “Suge” Knight; shots were fired from a Cadillac. According to The Guardian, Shakur died six days after the shooting, on September thirteenth. AP reported that on September twenty-ninth, twenty twenty-three, Duane “Keffe D” Davis was arrested and charged with murder in Shakur’s killing. AP reported prosecutors alleged he ordered the killing; that allegation is unproven. According to CBS News slash AP, Davis pleaded not guilty on November second, twenty twenty-three. AP reported a judge ruled Davis’s twenty nineteen memoir could be used at trial. AP and The Guardian reported jury selection began in Las Vegas on August tenth, twenty twenty-six. AP reported a jury of six men and ten women was selected. AP and CBS News slash AP reported opening statements began on August seventeenth. Prosecutors alleged Davis planned the shooting, while his defense lawyer called the prosecution’s narrative “fiction.” The file’s open questions include what verdict the jury will reach, whether prosecutors will prove the charged allegations beyond a reasonable doubt, whether trial evidence will identify who fired the shots, and whether Marion “Suge” Knight will testify. This has been an automated reading of case file D C zero one four five at developing case dot com. Every fact you heard names a public source.

Timeline of what's confirmed9 entries
7 September 1996
Tupac Shakur was shot near the Las Vegas Strip while riding in a BMW driven by Marion “Suge” Knight; shots were fired from a Cadillac, according to AP and The Guardian.
AP; The Guardian
13 September 1996
Tupac Shakur died six days after the shooting, according to The Guardian.
The Guardian
29 September 2023
Duane “Keffe D” Davis was arrested and charged with murder in Shakur’s killing; AP reported prosecutors alleged he ordered the killing, an unproven allegation.
AP
2 November 2023
Davis pleaded not guilty to murder in Shakur’s killing, according to CBS News/AP.
CBS News/AP
30 June 2026
A judge ruled that Davis’s 2019 memoir “Compton Street Legend” could be used at trial, according to AP.
AP
10 August 2026
Jury selection began in Las Vegas for Davis’s trial, according to AP and The Guardian.
AP; The Guardian
13 August 2026
A jury of 6 men and 10 women was selected to hear the case against Davis, according to AP.
AP
17 August 2026
Opening statements began; prosecutors alleged Davis planned the shooting, while his defense lawyer called the prosecution’s narrative “fiction,” according to AP and CBS News/AP.
AP; CBS News/AP
18 August 2026
On the second day of testimony, AP reported that some Shakur family members left the courtroom before prosecutors showed autopsy photos.
AP
Open questionsunconfirmed · not conclusions
What verdict will the jury reach?pending trial · unconfirmed
Whether prosecutors will prove the charged allegations beyond a reasonable doubt.unproven allegations · unconfirmed
Whether the trial evidence will identify who fired the shots; reporting says Davis is not accused of pulling the trigger.unconfirmed · unconfirmed
Whether Marion “Suge” Knight will testify.not confirmed · unconfirmed
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