{
  "id": 2423911,
  "title": "Why is a man being tried for the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur 30 years after his death?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/why-is-a-man-being-tried-for-the-murder-of-rapper-tupac-shakur-30",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-21T19:41:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "El Pais English",
    "slug": "el-pais-english",
    "url": "https://english.elpais.com/usa/2026-08-21/why-is-a-man-being-tried-for-the-murder-of-rapper-tupac-shakur-30-years-after-his-death.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A man, Duane \"Keffe D\" Davis, is on trial for the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur, which occurred in September 1996 in Las Vegas. Shakur, 25, was shot four times while traveling with Marion \"Suge\" Knight, co-founder of Death Row Records.\n\nAccording to Global News, Davis told detectives in 2008 that his nephew, Orlando \"Baby Lane\" Anderson, fired the shots that killed Shakur. Davis claimed he was in the car with his nephew and two other men, and that they pulled up alongside the car with Shakur and Knight inside.\n\nDavis, 63, has pleaded not guilty to one count of murder with use of a deadly weapon. His trial is currently underway, with jurors hearing his 2008 account of the events.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}