Closing arguments are due in the Las Vegas trial of Duane "Keffe D" Davis, the former South Side Compton Crips leader accused of orchestrating the 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur. Davis, 63, has pleaded not guilty to charges that he directed a group of men to kill Shakur in revenge for an earlier beating of his nephew, though prosecutors do not allege he fired the fatal shots. The case is significant partly because it took nearly three decades to bring, only becoming possible after Davis himself publicised his account in interviews and a 2019 memoir.

Prosecutors, led by Clark county district attorney Marc DiGiacomo and chief deputy Binu Palal, called 25 witnesses over the weeks-long trial and played eight hours of recordings in which Davis described the September 1996 shooting in his own words, arguing his account amounts to an effective admission of guilt under Nevada law. The defence, led by Michael Sanft, has portrayed Davis's claims as exaggerated storytelling for profit. Davis said the attack followed his nephew Orlando "Baby Lane" Anderson being beaten by Shakur's entourage at the MGM Grand; Shakur was later shot from a passing car while riding with label boss Marion "Suge" Knight. The alleged shooter has not been named, and the other men Davis said were in the car have since died. Shakur's cousin, Zayd Akinyela, said the family has "been waiting 30 years to grieve properly".