{"id":2099036,"date":"2026-08-18T11:16:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T08:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2099036"},"modified":"2026-08-18T11:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T08:16:10","slug":"tupac-murder-trial-begins-as-witnesses-share-how-all-hell-broke-loose-on-night-of-rappers-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2099036","title":{"rendered":"Tupac murder trial begins, as witnesses share how \u201cAll hell broke loose\u201d on night of rapper\u2019s shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/tupac@2000&#215;1270.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"template-id-2749694\" class=\"post-2749694 tdb_templates type-tdb_templates status-publish post\">\n<div id=\"tdi_65\" class=\"tdc-zone\">\n<div class=\"tdc_zone tdi_66  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div id=\"tdi_67\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_68  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_70  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_breadcrumbs tdi_71 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-breadcrumbs \" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_71\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span>News<\/span><i class=\"tdb-bread-sep td-icon-right\"><\/i><span>Music News<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_72 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_72\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Tupac murder trial begins, as witnesses share how \u201cAll hell broke loose\u201d on night of rapper\u2019s shooting<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_subtitle tdi_73 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_73\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Former gang leader Duane &#8220;Keffe D&#8221; Davis is charged with orchestrating the 1996 murder, and has denied all charges<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_author tdi_75 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_75\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> Liberty Dunworth<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_date tdi_76 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_76\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2026-08-18T12:16:10+01:00\">18th August 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <!-- .\/block --><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_77\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_78  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_80  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span8\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_featured_image tdi_81 tdb-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_81\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<figure>\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"696\" height=\"442\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/tupac@2000x1270-696x442.jpg\" alt=\"Tupac Shakur in 1994\" title=\"tupac@2000x1270\"><figcaption class=\"tdb-caption-text\">Tupac Shakur in 1994. CREDIT: Raymond Boyd\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_row_inner tdi_83 article-content-row vc_row vc_inner wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_inner tdi_85  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-inner-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>The Tupac Shakur murder trial has started, and the court has heard about how \u201call hell broke loose\u201d on the night of the rapper\u2019s shooting.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>READ MORE: <b>Who killed Tupac? Everything we know about hip-hop\u2019s greatest mystery<\/b><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At the trial, former gang leader Duane \u201cKeffe D\u201d Davis is charged with the murder of Shakur in September 1996.<\/p>\n<p>The rapper was gunned down on September 7 that year, after a car drove alongside him and opened fire as he travelled from a Mike Tyson boxing match. He died from his injuries six days later.<\/p>\n<p>While he did not pull the trigger directly, Davis is accused of planning the murder, as a result of his nephew Orlando Anderson being involved in an altercation with Shakur just hours beforehand.<\/p>\n<p>Davis has denied the accusations and entered a not guilty plea.<\/p>\n<p>At the opening day of the murder trial, the prosecution alleged that Davis was the leader of the group responsible for the shooting, and highlighted how details of the night were shared in a memoir he co-wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s be clear, Duane Davis did not pull the trigger. But he did plan the shooting in retaliation of the beating of his nephew,\u201d the jury was told by Chief Deputy District Attorney Binu Palal (as per <em>BBC News<\/em>). \u201cRemarkably, you will learn that from Duane Davis himself.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;On September 7, 1996, Tupac Shakur came to Las Vegas to attend a Mike Tyson fight.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Chief Deputy District Attorney Marc DiGiacomo is giving the prosecution opening statement in Duane &#8220;Keffe D&#8221; Davis&#8217; murder trial right now. https:\/\/t.co\/BSlVjQwHsy pic.twitter.com\/51gS35CNbd<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Meghann Cuniff (@meghanncuniff) August 17, 2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In his memoir, which was published in 2019, Davis claimed that he was a passenger in the car that opened fire on Tupac, and he also claimed that he gave the gun used in the murder to his nephew, Anderson, who shot the rapper.<\/p>\n<p>Davis\u2019 legal team called the claims \u201cfiction\u201d and said that the accusations against their client come as a result of a \u201cbiased, sloppy and incomplete\u201d police investigation over the past three decades. The defendant has also distanced himself from the aforementioned book, claiming that sections were fictionalised to make the memoir sell better.<\/p>\n<p>In court, the prosecution brought out former member of Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, Garry Dale, who was on the force at the time of the killing. In his witness statement, Dale recalled how he rode in an ambulance with Shakur after the shooting, and said that the rapper refused to share any details about the situation or the people involved.<\/p>\n<p>The defence also argued that the prosecution has relied on \u201cunreliable people with criminal records, financial motivations and inconsistent statements\u201d in their arguments, and claimed that the witnesses brought forward have changed their stories over time.<\/p>\n<p>Another person who testified on the opening day of the trial was Ingrid Stokes, who allegedly ran into Tupac and Death Row Records co-founder Marion \u201cSuge\u201d Knight \u2013 who was in the car with the rapper at the time of the attack \u2013 on the night of the shooting.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 Tupac Murder Trial: Ex-Vegas cop says the rapper wouldn&#8217;t rat out the shooter. pic.twitter.com\/NQ5zciZH7i<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TMZ (@TMZ) August 17, 2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>She claimed in her testimony that she and her friend tried to drive behind the rapper to see if they could go to the same club that they believed his car was headed to. On their journey, however, they allegedly noticed \u201c a car behind us, trying to get in front of us\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Stokes also told the court that they stopped at a light and pulled over due to concerns about the car behind them, and \u201cheard the gunshots\u201d as they had their \u201chead[s] down, taking our seat belts off\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>She also told the court that from there, \u201call hell broke loose\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Opening statements were heard yesterday (Monday August 17), and the trial is set to continue over the next few weeks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_tags tdi_87 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_87\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<ul class=\"tdb-tags\">\n<li><span>Related Topics<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Hip-hop<\/li>\n<li>Rap<\/li>\n<li>Tupac Shakur<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper td_block_wrap vc_raw_html tdi_89 \">\n<div class=\"td-fix-index\">\n<h3>You May Also 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td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>The Tupac Shakur murder trial has started, and the court has heard about how \u201call hell broke loose\u201d on the night of the rapper\u2019s shooting.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>READ MORE: <b>Who killed Tupac? Everything we know about hip-hop\u2019s greatest mystery<\/b><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At the trial, former gang leader Duane \u201cKeffe D\u201d Davis is charged with the murder of Shakur in September 1996.<\/p>\n<p>The rapper was gunned down on September 7 that year, after a car drove alongside him and opened fire as he travelled from a Mike Tyson boxing match. He died from his injuries six days later.<\/p>\n<p>While he did not pull the trigger directly, Davis is accused of planning the murder, as a result of his nephew Orlando Anderson being involved in an altercation with Shakur just hours beforehand.<\/p>\n<p>Davis has denied the accusations and entered a not guilty plea.<\/p>\n<p>At the opening day of the murder trial, the prosecution alleged that Davis was the leader of the group responsible for the shooting, and highlighted how details of the night were shared in a memoir he co-wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s be clear, Duane Davis did not pull the trigger. But he did plan the shooting in retaliation of the beating of his nephew,\u201d the jury was told by Chief Deputy District Attorney Binu Palal (as per <em>BBC News<\/em>). \u201cRemarkably, you will learn that from Duane Davis himself.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;On September 7, 1996, Tupac Shakur came to Las Vegas to attend a Mike Tyson fight.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Chief Deputy District Attorney Marc DiGiacomo is giving the prosecution opening statement in Duane &#8220;Keffe D&#8221; Davis&#8217; murder trial right now. https:\/\/t.co\/BSlVjQwHsy pic.twitter.com\/51gS35CNbd<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Meghann Cuniff (@meghanncuniff) August 17, 2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In his memoir, which was published in 2019, Davis claimed that he was a passenger in the car that opened fire on Tupac, and he also claimed that he gave the gun used in the murder to his nephew, Anderson, who shot the rapper.<\/p>\n<p>Davis\u2019 legal team called the claims \u201cfiction\u201d and said that the accusations against their client come as a result of a \u201cbiased, sloppy and incomplete\u201d police investigation over the past three decades. The defendant has also distanced himself from the aforementioned book, claiming that sections were fictionalised to make the memoir sell better.<\/p>\n<p>In court, the prosecution brought out former member of Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, Garry Dale, who was on the force at the time of the killing. In his witness statement, Dale recalled how he rode in an ambulance with Shakur after the shooting, and said that the rapper refused to share any details about the situation or the people involved.<\/p>\n<p>The defence also argued that the prosecution has relied on \u201cunreliable people with criminal records, financial motivations and inconsistent statements\u201d in their arguments, and claimed that the witnesses brought forward have changed their stories over time.<\/p>\n<p>Another person who testified on the opening day of the trial was Ingrid Stokes, who allegedly ran into Tupac and Death Row Records co-founder Marion \u201cSuge\u201d Knight \u2013 who was in the car with the rapper at the time of the attack \u2013 on the night of the shooting.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 Tupac Murder Trial: Ex-Vegas cop says the rapper wouldn&#8217;t rat out the shooter. pic.twitter.com\/NQ5zciZH7i<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TMZ (@TMZ) August 17, 2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>She claimed in her testimony that she and her friend tried to drive behind the rapper to see if they could go to the same club that they believed his car was headed to. On their journey, however, they allegedly noticed \u201c a car behind us, trying to get in front of us\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Stokes also told the court that they stopped at a light and pulled over due to concerns about the car behind them, and \u201cheard the gunshots\u201d as they had their \u201chead[s] down, taking our seat belts off\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>She also told the court that from there, \u201call hell broke loose\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Opening statements were heard yesterday (Monday August 17), and the trial is set to continue over the next few weeks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/tupac-murder-trial-begins-as-witnesses-share-how-all-hell-broke-loose-on-night-of-rappers-shooting-3963390&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/tupac@2000&#215;1270.jpg&#8221;] NewsMusic News Tupac murder trial begins, as witnesses share how \u201cAll hell broke loose\u201d on night of rapper\u2019s shooting Former gang leader Duane &#8220;Keffe D&#8221; Davis is charged with orchestrating the 1996 murder, and has denied all charges By Liberty Dunworth 18th August 2026 Tupac Shakur in 1994. 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