Ex- LA gang leader found guilty of Tupac’s murder

Duane "Keffe D" Davis, a former Los Angeles gang member and leader of the South Side Compton Crips, was found guilty of murder in the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur. A Las Vegas court jury deliberated for a few hours, or nearly three hours according to the Jerusalem Post, before finding Davis, 63, guilty of one count of first-degree murder with a deadly weapon.

Davis was accused of orchestrating the drive-by shooting that killed Shakur in Las Vegas on September 7, 1996. Prosecutors argued that Davis supplied the gun used in the shooting and ordered the attack as retaliation for a fight between Shakur and Davis's nephew, Orlando Anderson, earlier that day.

Davis plans to appeal the verdict and will face a maximum sentence of life in prison without parole at his sentencing on October 13. The case had gone cold but gained new momentum after Davis publicly discussed his involvement in media appearances and a memoir.

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