A rare photo has surfaced showing Tupac murder suspect Duane ‘Keefe D’ Davis with ‘shooter’ Orlando Anderson, as rapper’s brother says there are still questions about ‘conspirators’ that need answered.
Duane ‘Keefe D’ Davis was taken into custody on Friday morning by Las Vegas detectives and has been charged with the murder of the rapper in September 1996.
The former gang leader, now 60, had admitted to playing a role in the murder to police back in 2009, but did so as part of a proffer agreement.
A newly surfaced image of Davis has since appeared on social media showing himself and his nephew Orlando ‘Baby Lane’ Anderson, who had previously been named as a suspect in the shooting, before he himself was gunned down in 1998.
In the image, which is said to have been taken in 1991, Davis can be seen standing in the middle of a group of five men.
Anderson can be seen on the left hand side of his uncle, clutching a bottle of champagne.
The former gang leader, left , had admitted to playing a role in the murder of Shakur, right, to police back in 2009, but did so as part of a proffer agreement
In this image Davis can be seen standing in the middle of a group of five men, with his nephew Orlando Anderson on the far right, who was named as a suspect before he was killed in 1998
Davis had previously claimed in a 2018 documentary that he was riding in the car with Anderson and handed him the murder weapon before he fired.
Following the announcement of charges on Friday, Shakur’s brother Mopreme Shakur told NewsNation that there are still questions that need answered.
Speaking to the outlet, he said: ‘I’m taken aback after so many years of dealing with this trauma, I am cautiously optimistic. Any accountable is good for us.
‘This guy has been out there, he’s been doing podcasts, interviews, YouTube, he wrote a book. They’ve known the whole 27 years he was in the car.
Anderson denied any involvement in the Shakur shooting. He died two years later in a shooting in Compton, California
‘There’s still question that still need to be answered, if there was conspirators, the actual motive. I don’t know exactly what to believe. ‘
The aforementioned proffer agreement prevented any of the statements being used against Davis and he was not formally charged according to a former detective who investigated the case.
Greg Kading told CNN: ‘We knew about Davis all the way back from his initial confession to law enforcement. We sat him down back in 2009, and he confessed to his role in the murder along with other coconspirators.’
The former Los Angeles police detective, who spent years probing the death of Shakur, continued: ‘He had a proffer agreement, so we couldn’t utilize that information that he was providing against him.
‘But then he began to go out publicly boast about his involvement in the murder, and that led to law enforcement in Las Vegas taking another look at his claims, and ultimately, he’s talked himself right into jail.’
A proffer is an agreement between a prosecutor and a suspect in which the individual agrees to provide the government with information regarding an investigation, but the statements generally cannot be used against the person.
Shakur’s brother Mopreme Shakur has said that there are still questions that need answered surrounding the rapper’s death
Rapper Tupac Shakur performs at the Regal Theater in Chicago, Illinois in March 1994
During a press conference on Friday, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Lt. Jason Johansson added that Davis had spoke to numerous media outlets as well as a Netflix documentary.
He added: ‘This was likely our last time to take a run at this case to successfully solve this case and bring forth a criminal charge.’
On Friday, Chief Deputy District Attorney Marc DiGiacomo described Davis as the ‘on-ground, on-site commander’ who ‘ordered the death’ of Shakur.
Police believe Davis obtained the gun that was used from a ‘close associate,’ but declined to give any more details, saying they would come out during the trial.
Sheriff Kevin McMahill added that the case was ‘far from over’, saying they are working to build a ‘successful prosecution’.
A Nevada grand jury indicted Davis in the killing after being seated for ‘several months’. Davis was arrested while on a walk near his home.
Davis has spoken openly about being at the scene of the drive-by shooting 27 years ago, and admitted handing the murder weapon to a fellow gang member. Davis is the only one who was in the car that night who is still alive.
A Netflix documentary previously named Anderson as the shooter, with the gangster bragging about his involvement in the killing of Tupac in books and interviews.
Duane ‘Keefe D’ Davis was taken into custody on Friday morning by Las Vegas detectives, and has been charged with murder with use of a deadly weapon
In the book, he said that he told authorities about his involvement in the killing in 2010, during a closed-door meeting with federal and local authorities.
The Compton Crip gang leader even wrote a memoir confessing to his role in the fatal shooting of the hip-hop legend.
He claimed in the 2018 documentary that he was riding in the car with his nephew, Orlando Anderson, and handed him the murder weapon before he fired.
Anderson had tried to steal a Death Row Records medallion from a member of Shakur’s entourage – which was affiliated with LA gang The Bloods.
Shakur and his entourage then beat up Anderson at the MGM Grand later that night after watching a Mike Tyson fight.
The rival gang, the Southside Crips, were out for revenge after Anderson was attacked.
Davis revealed in the Netflix docuseries that they hopped into their Cadillac to find Tupac after the beat down, knowing he was due to perform at 662 Club that night.
Davis admitted to targeting Tupac after he beat up his nephew, who was a member of the Compton Crip gang
Homicide Lt. Jason Johansson called Davis the ‘leader and shot caller’, during a press conference on Friday
Chief Deputy District Attorney Marc DiGiacomo described Davis as the ‘on-ground, on-site commander’ who ‘ordered the death’ of Shakur. Davis was denied bail by Clark County District Judge Jerry Wiese
LVMPD confirmed that Davis handed the weapon to a fellow gang member in the rear of the car, when he opened fire on Shakur.
Shakur was 25 when he was shot four times in the chest on September 7, 1996 while he was in Las Vegas. He died on September 13.
He was in a BMW driven by Death Row Records founder Marion ‘Suge’ Knight in a convoy of about 10 cars.
They were waiting at a red light when a white Cadillac pulled up next to them and gunfire erupted.
He was shot multiple times and died a week later, with Davis admitting in 2018 after a cancer diagnosis that he was inside the Cadillac at the time of the shooting.
Davis wrote in his 2019 tell-all memoir ‘Compton Street Legend,’ that he was in the Cadillac involved in the shooting.
In the book, he said that he told authorities about his involvement in the killing in 2010, during a closed-door meeting with federal and local authorities.
‘They promised they would shred the indictment and stop the grand jury if I helped them out,’ he wrote.
At the time, he was 46 and facing life in prison on drug charges when he agreed to speak with the authorities.
The arrest comes two months after Vegas cops raided Davis’ wife’s home on July 17, looking for items ‘concerning the murder of Tupac Shakur.’
Authorities seized multiple computers, a cell phone and a hard drive from the property, and a Vibe magazine featuring Shakur.
American rapper and actor Tupac Shakur was killed in a drive by shooting which has been unsolved for 27 years
Shakur was 25 when he was gunned down on the Vegas strip on 7 September 1996 while riding in a BMW
They also took several 40-caliber bullets, two ‘tubs containing photographs’ and a copy of Davis’ memoir.
Insiders to the investigation claimed in August that homicide detectives were ‘optimistic’ about bringing a charge in the case.
Sources told The US Sun that the district attorney’s office was set to present their case to a grand Jury last month.
They added that a criminal case was expected ‘imminently’, and they were looking at ‘first-degree murder potentially for Keffe D’, based on Nevada law.
Metro Police investigators made ‘long and careful considerations’ over moving forward on the case, saying that they ‘did not enter into the investigation lightly.’
‘They knew that the world would be watching if they took any action against Davis,’ a source said. ‘They do not want to make any missteps.’
Rapper Tupac Shakur poses for photos backstage after his performance at the Regal Theater in Chicago, Illinois in March 1994
He was feuding at the time with rap rival Biggie Smalls (left) , also known as the Notorious B.I.G., who was fatally shot in March 1997
A separate source added that Keefe’s gloating had ‘talked himself into huge legal trouble’.
‘Who knows what Keefe will do,’ they said. ‘Maybe he might try to negotiate a plea deal. The attention globally on the DA and police department will be extreme.’
Nominated six times for a Grammy Award, Shakur is largely considered one of the most influential and versatile rappers of all time.
He was feuding at the time with rap rival Biggie Smalls, also known as the Notorious B.I.G., who was fatally shot in March 1997.
At the time, both rappers were in the middle of an East Coast-West Coast rivalry that primarily defined the hip-hop scene during the mid-1990s.
Shakur accused Biggie and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, of being behind another shooting in 1994.
He was shot in a hotel lobby and was seriously injured, but survived the attack, accusing both of the rappers of being linked to the attack.
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