Tupac Shakur’s alleged killer found guilty of battery following jail fight
Duane ‘Keefe D’ Davis has been found guilty of battery by a prisoner and issuing challenges to fight. The man accused of killing Tupac Shakur was involved in a jail fight at the Clark County Detention Center on December 23rd, 2024.
Officers claimed that following a personal visit, Davis and the other inmate exchanged words and then got into an altercation. Footage showed the two men fighting before rolling around on the floor and eventually being separated by prison officers.
Davis’ lawyer, Carl Arnold, previously claimed he was attacked first and “acted solely in self-defence” while alleging “glaring security failures” at the prison. “The inmate who attacked Mr Davis was unsupervised and placed in his direct path during escort, despite Mr Davis being housed in a high-security unit due to his status as a high-profile detainee,” he said.
Arnold questioned “the motivations behind the prosecution” because the charges weren’t filed until weeks after the incident.
Jury selection took place on April 8th and took around five hours, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. District Judge Nadia Krall asked potential jurors if they knew of Davis and told them not to check the news until reaching a verdict. Jurors didn’t show that they knew Davis or had heard about his murder case.
Juror candidates told the court about relatives accused of crimes while revealing crimes committed against them, including robbery at gunpoint and car theft. One man, who was excused, said he believes people charged with a crime should prove their innocence. “I come from the old school, where guilty is guilty,” he said.
Davis has been behind bars since September 2023 after a grand jury indicted him for the first-degree murder of Shakur. The trial is set to begin on February 9th, 2026.