{"id":4250,"date":"2026-08-21T08:37:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T08:37:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=4250"},"modified":"2026-08-21T08:37:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T08:37:04","slug":"jurors-hear-keffe-d-say-his-nephew-fired-fatal-shots-at-tupac-shakur-in-1996-drive-by-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=4250","title":{"rendered":"Jurors hear \u2018Keffe D\u2019 say his nephew fired fatal shots at Tupac Shakur in 1996 drive-by shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"

LAS VEGAS \u2014 Jurors on Thursday heard Duane \u201cKeffe D\u201d Davis tell detectives in 2008 that his nephew Orlando \u201cBaby Lane\u201d Anderson fired the shots that killed Tupac Shakur.<\/p>

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Davis, who said in the interview that he was also in the car with Anderson, is accused of orchestrating the 1996 killing of the 25-year-old hip-hop superstar in Las Vegas. At the time of the interview, his nephew had been dead for a decade.<\/p>

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Davis said the white Cadillac he and Anderson were riding in with two other men pulled up alongside a car with Shakur inside, along with hip-hop mogul and Death Row Records head Marion \u201cSuge\u201d Knight.<\/p>

\u201cIf we would have been on my side, I would have blasted,\u201d Davis said. Instead, Knight\u2019s car was on the other side, so Davis passed his gun back to Deandre \u201cBig Dre\u201d Smith. But Smith didn\u2019t want it, Davis said.<\/p>

Anderson, who was also in the back seat, took the weapon and started firing, Davis said.<\/p>

Jurors watched the screen as the transcript of the audio recording rolled. Some occasionally took notes. At the beginning of the audio interview, Davis and his attorney whispered to each other. Shakur\u2019s family sat still, occasionally looking at the screen or looking down to the floor. The room was quiet as Davis described the shooting.<\/p>

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It was the first time Davis directly discussed his involvement in the killing with authorities. The interview is essential evidence in the state\u2019s case against the 63-year-old Davis. Prosecutors told jurors in opening statements that they would lean heavily on Davis\u2019 own admissions in interviews with police and on podcasts, as well as the 2019 memoir he co-authored, \u201cCompton Street Legend.\u201d<\/p>

He also previously told the FBI that his nephew was not involved in the 1996 shooting of Shakur, and speculated that Knight or Sean \u201cDiddy\u201d Combs were involved.<\/p>

Davis has pleaded not guilty. <\/p>

His lawyer has called the prosecution\u2019s narrative \u201cfiction\u201d and said Davis was \u201cfull of crap\u201d when he told stories of his involvement, and that authorities knew it. He argued investigators failed to back up the statements his client made with evidence.<\/p>

The Los Angeles police detectives had actually brought Davis in to talk about the 1997 shooting death of Shakur\u2019s archrival, the Notorious B.I.G.<\/p>

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Davis had briefly been one of the suspects in that still unsolved killing, but he was later discounted.<\/p>

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\u201cEverybody was a suspect at that time,\u201d Daryn Dupree, one of the detectives in the interview, said in court testimony Thursday.<\/p>

The detectives tell Davis that their discussion is confidential.<\/p>

\u201cNothing you say today can be used against you,\u201d said Greg Kading, the other detective conducting the interview who described it in a book a few years later.<\/p>

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