Tupac Shakur murder trial: Former gang leader Duane Davis sentenced to 40 years

Duane Davis sentenced to 40 years in Tupac Shakur murder trial October 13, 2026Duane "Keffe D" Davis was sentenced by a Las Vegas court on Tuesday to 40 years to life in prison for orchestrating the murder of rap icon Tupac Shakur over 30 years ago. Shakur was wounded in a drive-by shooting on September 7, 1996, and died in a hospital six days later at the age of 25. Davis, 63, was convicted in August of first-degree murder with the use of a deadly weapon. "You don't get to take a man from his family. You don't get to take his very life, his whole future from him, and just walk away from it. Especially when that man is Tupac Shakur," Judge Carli Kierny told a Las Vegas court while handing down the sentence. Shakur was wounded in a drive-by shooting on September 7, 1996, and died in a hospital six days later at the age of 25. Shakur was an award-winning rap artist, activist and actor who sold over 75 million records worldwide, many posthumously. Davis is the only person ever charged in connection with Shakur's killing. Edited by: Wesley Dockery