Gang revenge and a white Cadillac: Tupac Shakur murder trial begins
LAS VEGAS, Aug 18 — Rapper Tupac Shakur was shot dead in an act of gang revenge ordered by a mobster who later boa...
Thirty years after the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur, his trial began in a Las Vegas courtroom, as jurors heard the details of an act of gang revenge orchestrated by Duane "Keffe D" Davis, a former leader of the South Side Compton Crips. Davis ordered the killing after his nephew was beaten by a rival mob, according to prosecutor Binu Pilal.
Shakur, who publicly participated in the humiliation of Davis's nephew, was fatally shot in a drive-by shooting from a white Cadillac. Davis, who did not pull the trigger, handed a gun to someone in the back seat of his car and ordered the individual to shoot Shakur. Davis has repeatedly confessed to his role in the murder, and if convicted, he faces life in prison without parole.
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