Ex-gang Leader’s Account of Tupac Shakur Killing Is Fiction, Defense Lawyer in Vegas Says

Ex-gang Leader’s Account of Tupac Shakur Killing Is Fiction, Defense Lawyer in Vegas Says
Duane “Keffe D” Davis, who is accused of orchestrating the 1996 slaying of hip-hop icon Tupac Shakur, appears in court during a status hearing at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas on April 23, 2024. Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP
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LAS VEGAS—The defense attorney representing a former Los Angeles-area gang leader accused of killing rapper Tupac Shakur in 1996 in Las Vegas said Tuesday his client’s accounts of the killing are fiction and prosecutors lack key evidence to obtain a murder conviction.

“He himself is giving different stories,” attorney Carl Arnold told reporters outside a courtroom following a brief status check with his client, Duane “Keffe D” Davis, in front of a Nevada judge. His trial is scheduled for Nov. 4.