First Thing: Duane Keith Davis found guilty of 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur
A Las Vegas jury has found Duane Keith Davis guilty of the 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur. The verdict concludes a decades-long investigation that relied heavily on the defendant's own confessions.
Why it matters
It brings legal closure to one of the most high-profile cold cases in music history.
Tupac Shakur. Photograph: Pat Johnson/Rex/Shutterstock Tupac Shakur. Photograph: Pat Johnson/Rex/Shutterstock First Thing newsletter US news First Thing: Duane Keith Davis found guilty of 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur Jury took about three hours to reach verdict in case that relied heavily on confessions from the defendant. Plus, the woman who lived with and loved Freddie Mercury as her fiance
Prefer the Guardian on Google 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.
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