Tupac murder accused told police in 2008 his nephew fired fatal shots

What the report says

BBC World News reports that jurors in Las Vegas heard an audio recording from a 2008 police interview with Duane “Keffe D” Davis, the man accused of helping arrange Tupac Shakur’s killing. In the recording, prosecutors say Davis described handing over a gun during the drive-by shooting that killed the rapper in 1996, and said the weapon ultimately ended up with his nephew, Orlando Anderson, who fired the shots. Davis is on trial on a murder charge with a deadly weapon and has pleaded not guilty.

The prosecution argues Davis orchestrated the attack after a fight between Anderson and Shakur earlier that day in Las Vegas, and that he provided the firearm to advance gang-related violence. The defense says Davis’s earlier accounts are unreliable and should not be treated as proof. His lawyer has challenged both the police investigation and the credibility of witnesses, while prosecutors have pointed to Davis’s later memoir and the taped interview as central evidence.

The BBC notes that the case is part of a long-running public fascination with Shakur’s unsolved killing. In the interview, detectives also asked Davis about possible conversations with Sean “Diddy” Combs, though the article does not say those claims have been substantiated. More broadly, the trial highlights how prosecutors are trying to link Davis’s own words to the planning of a crime that remained unresolved for decades.