# Tupac Shakur murder trial opens as prosecutors say ‘Keffe D’ ordered 1996 killing

https://mins.news/en/item/24809

- DW, 2026-08-18 06:55 UTC
- Culture
- Original: https://www.dw.com/en/tupac-shakur-murder-trial-opens-as-prosecutors-say-keffe-d-ordered-1996-killing/a-78407221?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

> The murder trial of Duane “Keffe D” Davis has opened nearly 30 years after Tupac Shakur was fatally shot in a drive-by attack. Prosecutors say Davis planned the killing as gang revenge after his nephew was beaten, while the defense calls the account fiction and the investigation biased, sloppy and incomplete.

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