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Malek Fouda

Opening statements begin in long-awaited trial almost 30 years after hip-hop star Tupac Shakur was murdered

A prosecutor said on Monday that while few have been willing to speak about the 1996 killing of prominent hip-hop star Tupac Shakur, Duane “Keffe D” Davis is the “one person who has a hard time being silent.”

“Let’s be clear, Duane Davis did not pull the trigger. But he did plan the shooting in retaliation of the beating of his nephew,” Chief Deputy District Attorney Binu Palal told jurors at the start of Davis' Las Vegas trial. “Remarkably, you will learn that from Duane Davis himself.”

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