Suge Knight Associate Dodges Questions at Tupac Murder Trial
James 'Mob James' McDonald testified at the murder trial of Duane 'Keffe D' Davis regarding the 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur. McDonald refused to name specific individuals involved in the shooting, citing a desire not to send Davis to prison despite their history.
Why it matters
The trial is a high-profile legal proceeding concerning one of the most famous unsolved murders in music history.
A former gang member who says he worked “under the table” security for Suge Knight during Death Row Records ‘ heyday testified Tuesday he knew "everybody that was there" the night Tupac Shakur was fatally shot in Las Vegas - but he's not naming names.
Taking the witness stand on the second day of Duane "Keffe D" Davis' murder trial in Clark County, Nevada, James “Mob James” McDonald told jurors he was working at Knight's Vegas nightclub, Club 662, when he learned Shakur and Knight had been wounded in a drive-by shooting on Sept. 7, 1996.
McDonald, a member of the Mob Piru Bloods, made it clear he was testifying against his will under a court order. He grew visibly exasperated when Davis' defense lawyer, Michael Sanft, pressed him on cross-examination about what he heard in the aftermath of the shooting.
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