# Long-awaited trial begins in rapper Tupac Shakur’s 1996 killing

https://mins.news/en/item/23971

- The Associated Press, 2026-08-17 09:00 UTC
- Culture
- Original: https://bit.ly/4xHS8X0

> Opening statements are about to begin in the murder trial of Duane “Keffe D” Davis, who is charged in the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur.

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