Las Vegas police recently conducted a search at a home in connection with the unsolved 1996 drive-by shooting of rapper Tupac Shakur. The property, located in the neighbouring city of Henderson, is linked to the wife of Duane “Keffe D” Davis, an individual long known to investigators due to his nephew, Orlando Anderson, being a suspect shortly after Shakur’s death. Anderson, one of Shakur’s rivals, was suspected by authorities, but he denied involvement and was killed two years later in an unrelated gang shooting.
During the search, officers reportedly detained two people at the house, although the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department has not released further details about the operation. The case is currently being presented to a grand jury in Las Vegas, and it remains uncertain whether an arrest will be made in connection with Shakur’s killing.
The shooting occurred on September 7, 1996, when Shakur was riding in a car driven by Marion “Suge” Knight, the founder of Death Row Records. A white Cadillac pulled up next to them at a red light, and gunfire erupted, fatally wounding Shakur. The investigation faced challenges as witnesses refused to cooperate.
In 2018, Davis admitted to being in the front seat of the Cadillac during an interview for a BET show, and he implicated his nephew, Orlando Anderson, as one of the individuals in the backseat during the shooting. However, Davis did not name the shooter, citing adherence to the “code of the streets.”
In his 2019 memoir titled “Compton Street Legend,” Davis claimed that federal and local authorities offered him a deal in exchange for information about Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G.’s murders. Davis asserted that they promised to halt the grand jury if he provided them with crucial information. He eventually cooperated, but no one was prosecuted in the end.
The search of the Las Vegas-area home has revived interest in the long-unsolved killing of the influential rapper, who remains an icon in the world of hip-hop. The investigation into Shakur’s death has been surrounded by conspiracy theories, and no arrests have been made to date.