LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The man accused of orchestrating the 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur is asking a judge to dismiss his case over the delay in prosecution and past immunity agreements, the 8 News Now Investigators have learned.
Duane “Keffe D” Davis, 61, has remained in custody since his arrest on Sept. 29, 2023. In January 2024, Clark County District Court Judge Carli Kierny set Davis’ bail at $750,000. Davis refers to himself as “Keffe D”, though he is sometimes referred to as “Keefe D” or “Keefy D.” Prosecutors spell his name as “Keffe D.”
Davis has publicly said he was sitting in the front passenger seat of the car, which pulled up side-by-side with Shakur’s, before the September 1996 shooting near the Las Vegas Strip. Marion “Suge” Knight, the then-head of Death Row Records, was driving the car with Shakur sitting in the passenger seat. Knight was injured in the shooting. Shakur died from his injuries several days later.
In June 2024, Kierny denied releasing Davis from jail pending trial after another man, Cash Jones, posted his bond. Jones, an entertainment manager who also goes by the name “Wack 100,” posted 15% of Davis’ $750,000 bail, the amount required to post a bond with the aid of a bail bond company.