Tupac Shakur murder suspect delivers first prison interview: “I ain’t kill nobody”
Tupac Shakur was killed in 1996, but still, no one has been sentenced for his murder. In February, the trial was pushed back to 2026 after the defence team asked for more time to interview witnesses.
Duane ‘Keefe D’ Davis has been accused of being behind the murder, providing the gun that also wounded Suge Knight, who was driving Shakur down the Las Vegas Strip. Davis recently participated in his first prison interview, pleading his innocence during a conversation with ABC News.
“I’m innocent,” he said. “I ain’t kill nobody. Never did, never killed nobody. They don’t have no evidence against me. Can’t even put me in Las Vegas. Prove that I orchestrated this. Your key witness orchestrated this. Their top witness is a lead suspect.”
Davis is referring to Reggie Wright Jr, a former police officer who testified before the grand jury that indicted him for Tupac’s murder. Prosecutors say Davis incriminated himself in his memoir, Compton Street Legend, and during an interview with BET. However, he claims he didn’t write his own book, and that information was provided to him by police.
“I shouldn’t have said nothing, and I’m innocent, man,” he said. “I’m being held against my will. I’m supposed to be out there enjoying my twilight [years]. God got my back, and God will see me through this.”
Officers allege the shooting was a response to Tupac’s altercation with Orlando Anderson after the Mike Tyson fight on September 6th, 1996. Davis’ attorneys say they can prove he wasn’t present at the time of the Las Vegas drive-by shooting.
The defence team requested to postpone the trial on February 14th after it had already been pushed back twice. Davis’ lawyer, Carl Arnold, stated, “This case involves decades-old allegations, and with every new piece of evidence, it becomes increasingly clear that critical facts have yet to be fully examined.”
Judge Carli Kierny said during a brief hearing, “It looks like there are quite a few things that are left to be done to get this case prepared so that Mr. Davis can have effective assistance of counsel. Given that, it appears as though I really don’t have much of a choice but to grant it.”