


Duane “Keffe D” Davis, the former gang leader charged in the decades-old murder of hip-hop icon Tupac Shakur, was granted bail after a Las Vegas judge cited a lack of physical evidence and the age of the case
Duane "Keefe D" Davis, 60, appears in a Las Vegas court on Oct. 19, 2023.
Davis, who has been held at the Clark County Detention Center in Las Vegas since September, on Tuesday asked to be released to house arrest while awaiting the start of a June trial that will see him face a jury in the Tupac murder case—Davis has pleaded not guilty.
His attorneys previously requested bail be set at less than $100,000 and that house arrest be granted for Davis, whose health has reportedly deteriorated over his months in custody following a bout with colon cancer.
Clark County District Court Judge Carli Kierny set bail instead at $750,000, citing the age of his criminal record, the age of the case and his history as a longtime resident of Henderson, Nevada, among other reasons, for granting bail after prosecutors argued he has a history of violating probation and that his release would pose a danger to witnesses in the case.
Davis, who is now a married father of four, is not accused of firing the shots that killed Shakur in the now-infamous 1996 shootout, but was indicted on a murder charge earlier this year for allegedly giving the go-ahead for the killing.
Davis and Marion “Suge” Knight, the head of Shakur’s record label who was in the car with him when he was fatally shot, are the only living witnesses to the murder.
This article will be updated.