Trial date set for accused Tupac killer Duane ‘Keefe D’ Davis

The trial for Duane “Keefe D” Davis for the murder of Tupac Shakur will begin on June 3, 2024, a Las Vegas judge ruled Tuesday.

Davis, 60, pleaded not guilty last week. He was represented at Tuesday’s hearing by public defenders after high-profile defense attorney Ross Goodman departed the case.

Judge Carli Kierny also scheduled Davis’ next court appearance for Jan. 9, 2024 for a status check, local ABC affiliate KTNV reported.

“The discovery is about as voluminous as I’ve had in my career,” a state attorney told the judge Tuesday.

Tupac was shot in a drive-by near the Las Vegas Strip on Sept. 7, 1996 and died from his wounds six days later. Hours before he was shot, Tupac was involved in a fight with Orlando Anderson, a known gang member from Southern California.

Anderson was killed in a shootout in Los Angeles in 1998. He was Davis’ nephew. Davis has previously spoken in documentaries about the shooting. He said there were six people in the two cars involved: himself, Anderson, Deandre “Freaky” Smith and Terry “Bubble Up” Brown in one vehicle, and Tupac and Suge Knight in the other.

Davis and Knight are the only two of those six people still alive. Knight is currently serving a 28-year prison sentence in California for killing a Compton businessman in 2015. Following Keefe D’s arrest, Knight said he would not testify against him.

Davis has given several interviews about the killing of Tupac and also recounted it in his 2019 book “Compton Street Legend.” He described how his crew happened upon a caravan of vehicles associated with Tupac.

“We were on a mission, looking into each one, until we pulled up to the front vehicle and found who we were seeking,” Davis wrote.

Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson said Davis’ public statements over the years contributed to his arrest in September in the Las Vegas suburb of Henderson.

“It started with a number of admissions Mr. Davis has made over the last few years,” Wolfson said in early October. “He participated in a documentary, he co-authored a book, he gave a number of YouTube interviews. His admissions really piqued the investigation.”