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Crips member Duane Davis indicted in Tupac murder.

8/10/2026

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Story summary
  • Duane Keith Davis, a Crips member, was indicted for murder in the September 1996 drive-by shooting that killed rapper Tupac Shakur.
  • Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department detective read excerpts from Davis’s 2019 memoir “Compton Street Legend,” stating he obtained the gun and pursued Shakur near the Las Vegas Strip, to a grand jury in 2023.
  • Davis pleaded not guilty, denied involvement, while the memoir drew little attention beyond online hip-hop and true-crime circles.