Thirty years on, a trial finally opens in Tupac Shakur’s killing
The proceedings will likely not make clear who fired the shots that killed the hip-hop legend on the night of Sept 7, 1996, while he was in Sin City to see Mike Tyson's boxing match.
In Las Vegas, a former gang member named Duane Davis is facing trial for the murder of hip-hop icon Tupac Shakur, who was killed in 1996. The trial, expected to last a month, aims to determine if Davis, the leader of the South Side Compton Crips, ordered the killing and provided the gun used in the drive-by shooting. Shakur, also known as 2Pac, was fatally shot while leaving a Mike Tyson boxing match in the city.
Prosecutors allege that Davis, Knight, and others were avenging an assault on a Death Row employee. The investigation was revived in 2019 after the publication of Davis's memoirs, which detailed his role in the crime. However, Davis has since recanted his claims and pleaded not guilty. The case has reignited debates about the East Coast-West Coast hip-hop rivalry and the unsolved murder that has puzzled fans for three decades.
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