South Side Compton Crips
Coverage of South Side Compton Crips in the Nexus archive.
- Man charged with organizing the 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur on trial
Duane 'Keffe D' Davis, 63, faces murder charges for allegedly orchestrating the 1996 fatal drive-by shooting of Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas. The trial, over 30 years after the killing, hinges on proving Davis directed the attack and provided the weapon, as prosecutors rely on his memoir and interviews to revive the cold case.
- Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis, charged with organizing the 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur, is on trial
Duane 'Keffe D' Davis, charged with orchestrating the 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur, is on trial in Las Vegas. Prosecutors allege he organized the fatal drive-by shooting as part of a gang-related crime, while his defense claims there's no evidence he directed the attack. The case, revived after Davis wrote about his involvement in a memoir and interviews, has gripped hip-hop fans for decades.
- Book that Tupac Shakur murder suspect wrote is clear for use in the trial, judge rules
A judge ruled that a book co-written by Duane 'Keffe D' Davis, the man prosecutors allege ordered Tupac Shakur's 1996 murder, can be used in his trial. Davis faces a murder charge related to the Las Vegas shooting, and his defense argued the book was fictionalized and that prior police statements were inadmissible due to claimed immunity. The court determined Davis adopted the book's content as truthful and allowed the statements as evidence.