LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The man accused of orchestrating the murder of Tupac Shakur never received immunity in either California or Nevada, prosecutors said in court documents filed Wednesday.
As the 8 News Now Investigators first reported earlier this month, Duane “Keffe D” Davis, 61, filed paperwork asking a judge to dismiss his case over the delay in prosecution and past immunity agreements.
Davis has remained in custody since his arrest on Sept. 29, 2023. In January 2024, Clark County District Court Judge Carli Kierny set Davis’ bail at $750,000. Davis refers to himself as “Keffe D”, though he is sometimes referred to as “Keefe D” or “Keefy D.” Prosecutors spell his name as “Keffe D.”
Davis has publicly said he was sitting in the front passenger seat of the car, which pulled up side-by-side with Shakur’s, before the September 1996 shooting near the Las Vegas Strip. Marion “Suge” Knight, the then-head of Death Row Records, was driving the car with Shakur sitting in the passenger seat. Knight was injured in the shooting. Shakur died from his injuries several days later.
In Davis’ filing, his attorney, Carl Arnold, said his client entered into several proffer agreements with federal and local officials regarding information about Shakur’s murder. Davis again entered a similar agreement during a Los Angeles Police Department interview, documents said.
As part of LAPD’s investigation into the death of Christopher “The Notorious B.I.G.” Wallace, officials offered Davis a proffer, which Davis believed gave him immunity in the Las Vegas case. In 2009, Davis became a confidential informant for a task force created to investigate Wallace’s death, prosecutors said. Davis also spoke with officials in Los Angeles about drug sales and provided a statement to Las Vegas police, documents said.
Prosecutors said Davis admitted to taking part in Shakur’s murder through his public statements, documents said. They described him speaking about his involvement “in nearly every forum imaginable.”
They add a judge would have had to sign off on any agreement.
“After defendant began to publicly confess in a detailed manner his involvement in the crime, the state chose to rely upon those confessions to seek to prosecute defendant for the crime,” prosecutors said Wednesday.
A judge will hear arguments on Jan. 21.
