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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Martin Belam

First Thing: Duane Keith Davis found guilty of 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur

Tupac Shakur.
Tupac Shakur. Photograph: Pat Johnson/Rex/Shutterstock

Good morning. A Las Vegas jury has found the former South Side Compton Crips gang leader Duane Keith Davis guilty of the murder of Tupac Shakur, bringing the case to a close nearly 30 years after the rapper was gunned down. The jury took about three hours to reach a guilty verdict in a case that relied heavily on multiple confessions from Davis himself.

The 63-year-old, who was accused of instigating the deadly shooting but not pulling the trigger himself, had spent years telling investigators and interviewers alike of his direct involvement before he was arrested in 2023.

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