Law&Crime Sidebar - 6 Key Details About Suspect in Tupac Shakur's Deadly Murder

Episode Date: October 2, 2023

Nevada police arrested a man they believe ordered the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur 27 years ago. Duane “Keffe D” Davis is accused of plotting the young star’s death after he got into a fight with his nephew at a Las Vegas hotel. The Law&Crime Network’s Angenette Levy uncovers six things you need to know about the suspected criminal.Save 10% on your entire POM Pepper Spray order by using code LAWCRIME10% at  https://bit.ly/POMpepperspray. Hosts:Jesse Weber: https://twitter.com/jessecordweberAngenette Levy: https://twitter.com/Angenette5LAW&CRIME SIDEBAR PRODUCTION:YouTube Management - Bobby SzokePodcasting - Sam GoldbergVideo Editing - Michael DeiningerScript Writing - Savannah WilliamsonGuest Booking - Alyssa Fisher & Diane KayeSocial Media Management - Vanessa BeinSTAY UP-TO-DATE WITH THE LAW&CRIME NETWORK:Watch Law&Crime Network on YouTubeTV: https://bit.ly/3td2e3yWhere To Watch Law&Crime Network: https://bit.ly/3akxLK5Sign Up For Law&Crime's Daily Newsletter: https://bit.ly/LawandCrimeNewsletterRead Fascinating Articles From Law&Crime Network: https://bit.ly/3td2IqoLAW&CRIME NETWORK SOCIAL MEDIA:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lawandcrime/Twitter: https://twitter.com/LawCrimeNetworkFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/lawandcrimeTwitch: https://www.twitch.tv/lawandcrimenetworkTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lawandcrimeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Wondery Plus subscribers can binge all episodes of this Law and Crimes series ad-free right now. Join Wondry Plus in the Wondery app Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Agent Nate Russo returns in Oracle 3, Murder at the Grandview, the latest installment of the gripping Audible Original series. When a reunion at an abandoned island hotel turns deadly, Russo must untangle accident from murder. But beware, something sinister lurks in the grand. View Shadows. Joshua Jackson delivers a bone-chilling performance in this supernatural thriller that

will keep you on the edge of your seat. Don't let your fears take hold of you as you dive into this addictive series. Love thrillers with a paranormal twist? The entire Oracle trilogy is available on Audible. Listen now on Audible. 27 years have gone by and I'm just so glad to see that someone is finally being held accountable for the murder of Tupac. So I'm just stoked. A man in custody accused of ordering the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur 27 years ago. Dwayne Davis was the leader and shock caller of the Southside Compton Crips. Police say Dway D. Davis ordered the hit on Tupac Shakur.

So who is Kifie D? We look at six things you need to know about the man accused of ordering the murder of Tupac. Welcome to Law and Crime Sidebar podcast. at Levy. Tupac Shakur's family and his fans have been waiting 27 years for someone to be held accountable in Tupac's murder. That day is now here. Dwayne Davis, whose street name is Keefe D. Faces a charge of open murder with a deadly weapon and a gang enhancement in Tupac's murder on September 7, 1996. Kifidi is a member of the Southside Compton Crips. Some people say he's actually a gang leader. Shug Knight and Tupac Shakur were affiliated with the Bloods.

Tupac Shakur was a artist who was signed with Death Row Records and that Death Row Records and its CEO, Marion Shug Knight, were closely affiliated with the Mob Piru Criminal Street Gangs and that they had an ongoing feud with the Southside Compton Crips. Dwayne Davis was the leader and shock caller of the south side Compton Crips. On September 7th, Keefe Deh, his nephew Orlando Baby Lane Anderson, Terrence Brown, and Dandre Smith were all in Las Vegas. So were Tupac Shakur and Shug Knight. The group encountered one another at the MGM Grand during the Mike Tyson fight. Tupac jumped Orlando Anderson over an old beef. Then he, Shug Knight, and their entourage left the casino for a party

elsewhere. That's when the plan to kill Tupac took shape, according to Las Vegas Metro Police. Dwayne Davis began to devise a plan to obtain a firearm and retaliate against Shignite and Mr. Shikor for what occurred inside the hotel against Mr. Anderson. After Davis obtained a gun, he entered into a white Cadillac along with Terrence Brown, DeAndre Smith, and Orlando Anderson. Based on our investigation, this is where we know, they were seated.

Introducing the next generation of pepper spray. Meet Palm, a new maximum strength self-defense product with a patented modular design, revolutionizing the self-defense industry. Whether you're carrying the unit on your keys, snapping the unit on your backpack, your keychain, or carrying the unit in your pocket.

Palm is the perfect everyday carry accessory. Palm's patented flip-top safety prevents any accidental misfire and its maximum strength formula provides you with the necessary range and capacity to bring peace of mind to you and your loved ones. Quality, safety, performance, peace of mind. Learn more at palm pepper spray.com. The first officer on scene that night was Chris Carroll. He held Tupac in his arms and asked him who shot him. So I was asking him, you know, what happened, who shot you, who did this? And he, for the first time, he's kind of acknowledging my presence. And he's looking and looking in my eyes and I'm looking at his. And I could tell he's trying to get a

breath together because he's having a very hard time breathing. And he looks at me and he opened his mouth and he said, F you. And after he said it, he kind of gurgled and coughed. His eyes rolled back. He locks consciousness. So that would be the last thing that he ever said in his life. Tupac Shakur died days later after being taken off life support. Shug Knight stuck to the no-snitching street code, but Knight knew exactly who fired at them from a white Cadillac. With no one talking, police said they couldn't make an arrest. But years later, Keefe Dee would find himself in a jam because of his drug dealing. He would confess to his role in the killing of Tupac Shakur, but the confession was called a proffer and couldn't be used to prosecute him.

So Orlando shot was going to start a prostrate. He leaned over on the wind of you go around the little pop. Kifi D's proffer was played in the documentary murder wrap. That was the first time the public heard it. Kifi D laid out in detail what happened that night and why to LAPD detective Greg Kating and others. I spoke with Greg Kating about Kifidi being indicted all of these years later. Yeah, I'm just delated.

Thank you for having me first of all. Yeah, it's just a, it's been a long time coming. I mean, better late than never, they say, but holy smokes. 27 years have gone by and I'm just so glad to see that someone is finally being held accountable for the murder of Tupac. So I'm just stoked. How big of a gang leader or what have you was Keefe D in Compton? Because I've heard people say he's a gang leader, people, some people laugh when you call him a leader of the South Compton Crips. I mean, how big of a deal was he or was he just kind of like

a blowhard? He was relevant because he was dealing a lot of dope. And because he had a lot of dope, he had a lot of money. And because he had a lot of money, he had influence. So it was just those things. But he is a bit of a blowheart. He's not like his nephew Orlando, who was the actual gunman who killed Tupac. That was a real, that was a serious committed gangster who was a killer. Keefe D is a little bit more of a figurehead, so to speak.

And he's definitely a legend in his own mind. But all things considered, he's he's not who he presents himself to be in the sense of this big, dangerous, infamous gangster. As I mentioned, Keefei D told Greg Kating the entire story about what happened the night Tupac was murdered in the proffer that could not be used in court. From the fight at the MGM Grand to the shooting of Tupac and Shug Knight in the black BMW, Kating said it was frustrating to see someone confessed to murder. but unable to take the case to court.

There's, you know, you've heard the, you've heard the phrase before. It's not what you know. It's what you can prove. And we couldn't use his incriminating, his self-incriminating confession back in 2009. But because of that, he had this, he had this false perception that he had immunity. And so he began to go out and boast publicly about his role in the murder. and that that's not protected that can all be used against him so in essence he talked himself right into jail and so to see his confession being brought to light his involvement being brought to

light and then his arrest in pending prosecution um being pending that it's just it's i'm so glad to see history finally getting set straight this is not an unsolved murder it has just been an unprosecuted murder. Orlando Anderson was killed in 1998. The other passengers in that vehicle are also dead. This all begs the question. If police have had a confession that couldn't be used in court for all of these years, how can Keefe D. now be prosecuted?

The answer is quite simple, according to law enforcement. Who shot two bucks? I'm going to keep for the cold of the streets. It just came from the back seat. Kee-D did a lot of talking about that night after his release from prison on drug charges. Mr. Davis's own words reinvigorated our case in 2018. Had he not confessed to us and then we made that confession public when I published the book and the documentary came out. And so we basically exposed it all as to what took place in the investigation and what his involvement was in Biggie's murder.

But if you understand the ego of KPD, he really. presented that somebody else was telling this story other than him. And so that whole thing prompted him, didn't then go out publicly boast about his involvement. So, yeah, one thing kind of led to another, but that foundation of the original confession, you're thinking in motion. Last July, Las Vegas Metro Police executed a search warrant

at Kee-D's home in Henderson, Nevada. Face the house, slowly walk back. Towards the sound of my voice. You're doing good. Appreciate your cooperation. Word started to spread that a grand jury had been impaneled to investigate Tupac Shakur's murder. But as the weeks passed, hope started to fade that anything would come of it. I literally texted my old partner this morning before I'd heard anything about prior to any of this breaking news about the arrest.

I literally texted my old partner Darren DePri this morning and said, what in the hell is taking so long? And the next text I get is actually from Mike Dorsey going, hey, they just arrested him. So, yeah, it was, yeah, it was just there, there did seem to be a real delay there. But I think that they were being strategic and making sure that they got everybody locked into their grand jury testimony so that they can utilize that later if necessary. So hopefully they've got all their eyes dotted and T's crossed and they're ready to go and see where this heads next. Keeffi D also wrote about the Knight of Tupac Shakur's murder in his self-published book, Compton Street Legend. Kifi D wrote in the book that he tossed the Glock in the back seat and made eye contact with Shug Knight. Knight was driving a black BMW.

Tupac was in the passenger seat. Kifidi wrote, Like two Rams locking horns, Shug and I looked each other dead in the eye. The terrified expression on Shug's face read, Damn Them N-Words. One of my guys from the back seat grabbed the Glock and started Bustin back. Kifidi said he and Shug Knight knew one another from Compton. One thing about this, you know, he has been on YouTube and some other outlets basically saying, you know, I hate the way that went down, things of that nature. I think he said that, you know, he liked Tupac's music and it's almost like he was speaking regretfully that this had happened.

but he's now accused of being the person who ordered the hit. Do you think he really does regret that? I mean, he seemed to be living a pretty nice life in Henderson, Nevada. No, I don't think he has true regret like you and I might have regret. He doesn't carry that same type of remorse. He doesn't have that same type of regard for human life. So, no, I don't think that he has that type of regret. In fact, when we interviewed him,

him. And he said after the shooting, after they'd shot Tupac, they went and parked the car and they were heading back to their hotel. They're at an intersection. And the ambulance was coming by that was rushing Tupac to the hospital. And him and his friends were just laughing about it. So, no, I don't think that he has any true remorse. I think it's, you know, time has finally come for him to answer for his sins. Aside from Kee-D, there's only one other witness who's still alive, who knows what happened that night. It's Shug Knight, who's service. serving a 28-year prison sentence for running a man down and killing him in Compton.

Shug Knight has credibility issues. He's in prison for a really long time. Do we possibly hear from Shug Knight at some point about this? I would be absolutely shocked if Shug Nite was ever brought into court as a witness. He's completely unbelievable. He's not credible. And he's not going to, from prison, become a rat. You know, he's not going to take the stand and testify against somebody else and then go back to his prison cell in general population. So no, he will, I don't think we're going to see any of Shignite in regards to this trial. What is clear, D. Davis is sitting in a Las Vegas jail cell where he's being held without bail. This history has finally been set correct. You know, now it's no longer from the public perspective,

an unsolved case. You know, now we can close it. Tupac can rest in peace and we can move on and now we know that, you know, that mystery has been solved. Dwayne Davis will appear in court Wednesday morning in Las Vegas for an arraignment. At that time, he will enter a plea to the charges and a trial date could be set. And I will be there and I will bring you the very latest from Las Vegas. That's it for this edition of Law and Crime Sidebar Podcast. You can listen to and download Sidebar on Apple, Spotify, Google,

and wherever else you get your podcast. And of course, you can always watch it on Law and Crimes YouTube channel. I'm Annionette Levy, and we will see you next time. You can binge all episodes of this Law and Crime series, ad free right now on Wondery Plus. Join Wondery Plus in the Wondery app. Apple Podcasts or Spotify.