Tupac Shakur trial: Jurors hear Duane Davis walk police through the night of the killing
Jurors in the Duane Davis trial heard a 2008 police interview where the defendant described his involvement in the 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur. The defense attorney dismissed the recording as unreliable, despite its consistency with Davis's own memoir.
Why it matters
This trial represents a significant legal development in one of the most high-profile cold cases in music history.
The defense attorney representing Duane Davis called his client’s public recounting of the night Tupac Shakur was killed “bullsh*t” in opening statements this week – but an interview with police that aired in court Thursday and Davis’ own memoir seem to tell a remarkably consistent story. Davis, who is accused of orchestrating Shakur’s murder during a September 1996 visit to Las Vegas, spent a majority of court Thursday listening to a younger version of himself describe the shooting during a 2008 recorded interview with law enforcement.
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