Tupac Shakur Homicide Suspect Keefe D’s Trial Hit With Main Postponement

The homicide trial for Duane “Keefe D” Davis, the one particular person ever charged in reference to the killing of Tupac Shakur, has been delayed by almost a yr.

On Tuesday (February 18), ABC Information reported that the trial, initially set to start in mid-March, has now been pushed to February 2026. The ruling of the postponement, which is days shy of a full calendar yr, arrives after Davis’ protection workforce requested extra time to interview witnesses they declare can show his innocence.

“It appears to be like like there are fairly just a few issues which can be left to be achieved to get this case ready in order that Mr. Davis can have efficient help of counsel,” Choose Carli Kierny stated throughout a quick listening to.

“Provided that, it seems as if I actually don’t have a lot of a selection however to grant it,” the choose stated.

Prosecutors didn’t oppose the protection’s movement to delay the trial. Davis, who has pleaded not responsible to first-degree homicide, stays jailed since his September 2023 arrest.

Tupac Shakur was shot a number of instances whereas using within the passenger seat of Loss of life Row Data CEO Suge Knight’s BMW on September 7, 1996. The assault, allegedly orchestrated by Davis, was reportedly in retaliation for a on line casino brawl involving 2Pac, Knight, and Davis’ nephew, Orlando Anderson. Anderson, who was suspected of being the shooter, was killed in a capturing incident in 1998.

Prosecutors argue that Davis performed a key function in arranging the capturing, figuring out him because the “shot caller.” Nevertheless, Davis’ authorized workforce is difficult this narrative, presenting a brand new argument to assist his innocence. Protection lawyer Carl Arnold claims Davis was not in Las Vegas on the time of the capturing and that new witnesses will assist this declare.

In a movement filed final Friday (February 14), Arnold asserted that his non-public investigator has uncovered essential proof contradicting the official model of occasions.

“With each new piece of proof, it turns into more and more clear that important information have but to be absolutely examined,” Arnold said. “We’re actively conducting additional investigations, talking with key witnesses, and guaranteeing that Mr. Davis receives the truthful trial to which he’s constitutionally entitled.”

The protection’s submitting additionally presents the assertion that Reggie Wright Jr., former head of safety for Loss of life Row Data, and his workforce had been answerable for 2Pac’s loss of life.

“Our non-public investigator is interviewing witnesses that may be capable to testify to those points on the time of trial,” Arnold wrote within the submitting.

Wright, who has beforehand testified earlier than a grand jury in Davis’ case, strongly denied the allegations.

“Good luck discovering somebody saying that, that’s credible,” Wright instructed ABC Information. “It’s heartbreaking they maintain dragging in my title. I didn’t have something to do with that. One of many worst days of my life was after I heard that that occurred.”

Regardless of these new protection claims, prosecutors have but to touch upon their substance. Arguments relating to the matter are set for a February 25 listening to.

Davis’ authorized historical past stays advanced. Along with his upcoming homicide trial, he’s scheduled to face trial in early April in connection to a jailhouse combat that occurred in December 2024. He faces costs of battery by a prisoner and challenges to combat, having pleaded not responsible.

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