Tupac Shakur’s Murder: Inside Arrest and Trial Over Rap Icon’s Shooting | ET Uncovered

ET breaks down Tupac Shakur’s homicide investigation, the ‘California Love’ rapper’s drive-by shooting and the ensuing trial for Duane ‘Keefe D’ Davis. On Sept. 28, 2023, police charged Davis, alleging he was the shot caller in a retaliation murder on Tupac decades earlier near the Las Vegas strip. At 25 years old, Tupac was riding a steady wave of career highs and controversy when he attended a boxing match at the MGM Grand, along with Death Row Records co-founder Suge Knight. After the fight, Tupac attacked Compton Crips member and Davis’ nephew, Orlando Anderson, at the hotel, which police claim instigated his gang leader uncle to order the hit. Tupac was shot multiple times and was hospitalized for a week, before succumbing to his injuries on Sept. 13, 1996. Davis later said in a memoir and to media outlets that he supplied Anderson, who died in 1998, with the murder weapon. At a press conference, law enforcement revealed this admission breathed new life into their cold case investigation and led to a grand jury handing down a murder indictment for Davis. Among the many theories surrounding Tupac’s homicide, the courtroom of public opinion checked out Notorious B.I.G. and Diddy within the aftermath. After Biggie Smalls was gunned down six months later, their mirroring murders seemingly ended the so-called East Coast vs. West Coast rap feud that dominated headlines throughout the ’90s. Speaking with the Associated Press, Tupac’s highschool good friend and longtime confidant, Jada Pinkett Smith, stated she was ‘glad’ to see Davis arrested, as he’s somebody the general public ‘always knew was in the car’ that pulled up subsequent to the multi-platinum artist on his remaining evening in Sin City. ET additionally seems to be again at Tupac’s life with archival interviews, together with the numerous authorized troubles and courtroom sagas that ran parallel to his cut-short profession. Plus, ET opens a vault of uncommon breaking information protection and shocked reactions throughout the leisure business, together with emotional feedback on the time from Ice Cube, Coolio, Will Smith and extra.