Tupac Murder Trial Begins

Prosecutors say Duane Davis sought revenge in Tupac Shakur's 1996 killing.

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Tupac Shakur's 1996 murder was an "act of revenge," prosecutor tells jury in trial of accused mastermind

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Tupac Shakur murder trial: gang leader plotted killing to avenge beating of nephew, court hears

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The murder trial of Duane “Keffe D” Davis, 63, began Monday in Las Vegas with opening statements over the 1996 drive-by shooting that killed Tupac Shakur. Davis has pleaded not guilty to murder with a deadly weapon with intent to promote, further or assist a criminal gang; he is accused of orchestrating the shooting, not firing the gun. Prosecutors said Davis sought revenge after Shakur helped beat his nephew, Orlando Anderson, at the MGM Grand hours earlier and then supplied the firearm. The defense said Davis’ incriminating accounts were fiction, not reliable evidence.

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