Tupac Shakur ’s 1996 murder case reached a verdict on Monday, August 31, 2026, when a Las Vegas jury found former Compton gang leader Duane “Keffe D” Davis guilty of first degree murder. Jurors deliberated for roughly three hours in the nearly 30 year old case, and Davis could receive life in prison without parole. Davis, 63, was convicted of killing Shakur in the September 7, 1996, drive by shooting in Las Vegas. Davis did not testify, and the judge ordered him held without bail; sentencing is scheduled for October 13, while Davis has said he plans to appeal. What Did the Prosecutors Argue? Clark County Chief Deputy District Attorney Binu Palal told jurors the shooting was retaliation for an altercation at the MGM Grand about two hours earlier. Prosecutors said Shakur, Marion “Suge” Knight, and other Death Row associates attacked Orlando Anderson, Davis’s nephew, after a Mike Tyson fight. The trial also revisited a separate dispute involving rival Compton gangs and a Death Row medallion chain allegedly taken from Trevon Lane at a mall brawl months before the shooting. Defense attorney Michael Sanft argued that Davis’s account came from statements made to avoid prison on narcotics charges, later repeated in interviews and his memoir Compton Street Legend ; Shakur’s sister, Sekyiwa, appeared emotional after the verdict.