Tupac murder trial: Keffe D's 2008 confession played for jury

Jurors in Las Vegas heard a 2008 police interview in which Duane “Keffe D” Davis, the only person charged in Tupac Shakur's 1996 murder, said his nephew Orlando “Baby Lane” Anderson fired the fatal shots. Davis, 63, is accused of orchestrating the drive-by shooting that killed the 25-year-old rapper on the Las Vegas Strip. Source: AP Source: BBC

The confession

In the recording, Davis described riding in a white Cadillac with Anderson and two other men when they pulled alongside Shakur's car, which also contained Death Row Records boss Marion “Suge” Knight. Davis said he passed his gun to Deandre “Big Dre” Smith, who refused it, and then Anderson took the weapon and opened fire. Source: NPR Source: BBC

Davis's lawyer, Michael Sanft, argues the confession was fiction, calling it “BULLSH*T” in his opening statement. Source: CNN Prosecutors, however, say Davis later “went out there and start talking” in podcasts and his 2019 memoir, nullifying any confidentiality agreement. Source: AP

The motive

Prosecutors allege the killing was revenge for a fight at the MGM Grand hours earlier, where Shakur's entourage attacked Anderson. The confrontation was captured on surveillance video. Source: LA Times The shooting ignited a gang war in Compton, with three people dead and ten wounded in the first weeks. Source: LA Times

The investigation

The 2008 interview came during a joint LAPD-federal task force investigating the murder of the Notorious B.I.G. Detective Daryn Dupree testified that Davis volunteered information about the Shakur case, saying “we did the other one.” Source: LA Times Davis has pleaded not guilty. Source: AP