After Nearly Three Decades, Suspect Arrested in Connection with Tupac Shakur’s Fatal Shooting

On Friday, officials announced the arrest of Duane Keith Davis, also known as “Keefy D” or “Keffe D”, in connection with the 1996 fatal shooting of rapper Tupac Shakur. The 60-year-old was indicted by a grand jury on one count of murder with use of a deadly weapon with a gang enhancement.

Mopreme Shakur, the older stepbrother of Tupac, said his family is feeling grateful for the arrest nearly three decades after the fatal shooting in Las Vegas. “We’re shocked to a certain degree because it’s been so long,” he said in an interview with NBC News. “There’s still a lot of unanswered questions… we’re cautiously optimistic.”

Davis made his first court appearance Wednesday morning in Las Vegas. He told Jones that he retained counsel, but his counsel could not appear and requested a two-week continuance, which Jones granted.

Tupac Shakur was 25 years old when he was killed in a drive-by shooting on the Las Vegas Strip on Sept. 7, 1996. Since then, the family of Tupac Shakur has been searching for answers. With the arrest of Davis, they are now one step closer to finding out what happened that fateful night.