Duane “Keefe D” Davis, the former gang member arrested in connection with the 1996 shooting death of Tupac Shakur, was sentenced on Tuesday for his involvement in a jailhouse fight.
Davis, who is currently being detained as he awaits trial for the Tupac murder case, was sentenced to a minimum of 16 months and a maximum of 40 months after a jury found him guilty of fighting in jail, KNTV reported. Davis was, however, given credit for time served.
Davis was convicted after the jury found him guilty of battery by a prisoner and challenges to fight. As previously reported by Face2Face Africa, Davis’ legal woes mounted last year after he and a fellow inmate at the Clark County Detention Center in Las Vegas got into a physical altercation.
Per TMZ, Davis got into a “mutual combat” with the other inmate by “throwing closed fist strikes.” The other inmate was reportedly put in a headlock by Davis during the fight.
Reports also stated that a corrections officer had to discharge pepper spray on the two brawling inmates before their fight was ultimately broken up. In the wake of the fight, Davis, who was ultimately charged with battery by a prisoner, is said to have told officers that he was “just standing his ground.”
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Tupac was 25 when he was shot multiple times in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas on September 7, 1996. He succumbed to his injuries on September 13.
Davis, a suspect long on investigators’ radar, has openly acknowledged his presence in the Cadillac during the fatal drive-by shooting of Tupac. In his 2019 memoir, Compton Street Legend, Davis detailed his involvement. He also claimed in the book that he provided the murder weapon.
Davis’ arrest in September 2023 also came on the heels of a police raid on his wife’s Henderson residence, during which authorities sought evidence related to Shakur’s killing, according to CBS News.
The police seized various items during the raid, including multiple computers, a cellphone, a hard drive, a Vibe magazine featuring Tupac, 40-caliber bullets, photograph-filled containers, and a copy of Davis’ 2019 memoir.
Following his arrest, Las Vegas police homicide Lt. Jason Johansson said Davis was the “shot caller for this group of individuals that committed this crime,” adding that the suspect “orchestrated the plan that was carried out.”
Davis’ murder trial is scheduled to start on February 9, 2026.
