00:00A jury found Dwayne Keefe D. Davis guilty of orchestrating the 1996 killing of hip-hop icon
00:07Tupac Shakur, finally bringing a sense of resolution to a case that has lingered around
00:12for almost three decades. 63-year-old Davis was convicted on Monday of a single count of
00:18first-degree murder with a deadly weapon and face his life in prison. The jury took less than three
00:24hours to deliberate and reach a verdict in the landmark trial, which only lasted weeks.
00:30Davis, a former self-described gangster, is not being accused of firing the fatal bullet that
00:36killed the rapper, but of ordering the killing as a former gang leader. Tupac Shakur was killed
00:42in a drive-by shooting outside the MGM Grand in Las Vegas in September 1996, as he was in the
00:48car
00:48with his record producer Marion Shug Knight, who sustained gunshot wounds. The shooting came just
00:54hours after Davis' nephew was physically assaulted by members of Tupac's team during a confrontation.
01:00Keefe D., in various accounts since 1996, including in his own memoir, had indicated that he was
01:07behind the killing, though stopped short of admitting to the crime, leading his attorney to
01:11construct a defense claiming his narrative was mere lies. He's expected to appeal the verdict ahead of an
01:17October hearing, where he is set to be sentenced.
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