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Caalaruga Shark Media. Good morning, I'm Red Carter, and welcome
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to Celebrity Trials on this Friday, July eleventh. Today, we're
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taking you back to one of the most infamous nights
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in American music history September seventh, nineteen ninety six, when
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gunshots on the Las Vegas Strip silenced one of the
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most influential voices of his generation. But this isn't just
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another conspiracy theory deep dive. This is the story of
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how the only man ever charged in Tupac Shakur's murder
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spent nearly three decades confessing to the crime before his
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own words finally caught up with him. Because this week
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we learned that Dwayne Keffie D. Davis, the self proclaimed
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last living witness to Tupac's murder, can't seem to stay
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out of trouble even while awaiting trial for one of
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the most notorious crime times in American history. Let me
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take you back to the beginning, because to understand where
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we are today, you need to understand how a boxing
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match turned into a murder that haunted America for nearly
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thirty years. September seventh, nineteen ninety six, Tupac. Shakur attended
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the Bruce Selden versus Mike Tyson boxing match with Marion
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Sooge Knight, the head of Death Row Records, at the
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MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. After leaving the match,
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one of Knight's associates, Trevon Trey Lane, a member of
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the Mob Pirates gang based in Compton, California, spotted Orlando Anderson,
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from the rival South Side Compton Cripps Gang in the
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MGM Grand lobby. This wasn't a random encounter. Earlier that year,
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in July nineteen ninety six, Anderson and a group of
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Southside Crips attempted to rob Lane in a foot locker
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store at the Lakewood Center Mall in Lakewood, California. Lane
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told Shakur, who in turn attacked Anderson in the lobby.
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Shakur asked Anderson if he was from the South south
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Side Crips and punched him in the face, knocking him
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to the ground. Shakur and Knights entourage assisted in assaulting Anderson.
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The fight, which was captured on the MGM grant's video surveillance,
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was broken up by hotel security. Here's where the story
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gets tragic. At eleven fifteen PM, a white four door
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late model Cadillac pulled up to Knight's right side. The shooter,
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seated at the back of the Cadillac, rolled down the
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window and rapidly fired gunshots from a forty caliber S
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and W Glock twenty two at Shakur's BMW. Shakur was
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struck by four rounds fired from a forty caliber glock,
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two in the chest, one in the arm, and one
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in the thigh. Orlando Anderson, a Crips gang member, was
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suspected in the murder, but denied by authorities. Six days later,
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on September thirteenth, nineteen ninety six, Tupac Shakur was dead
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ed at just twenty five years old, and sitting in
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the front passenger seat of that white Cadillac, a man
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named Dwayne Keith Davis, better known as Keffie d. Now
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here's where this story gets absolutely fascinating, folks. For nearly
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thirty years, this was America's most famous cold case. Conspiracy
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theories flourished. Maybe Souge Knight had Tupac killed, Maybe the
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government did it. Maybe Tupac faked his own death. But
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the people who knew the streets understood exactly what had happened.
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We all knew it was retaliation, said Reggie Wright Junior,
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the former head of security for death Row Records. The
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label Shakur was signed to at the time of his death,
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it was as simple as one plus one equals two.
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In two thousand and nine, now retired LAPD detective Greg
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Caating made a major break in the cold case murder.
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Kating secured a recorded confession from Dwayne Davis, also known
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by his street name Keffie D. He gave his initial
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statement under what's known as a proffer session. He can
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confess to crimes, but those confessions can't be used against him.
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But that doesn't mean he's immune from prosecution, Kating explained.
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With that limited immunity, Kefi D told authorities that he
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was in the car when his nephew, Orlando Anderson shot
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and killed Tupac. He even says he passed him the gun.
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But here's the thing about Keffi D. He couldn't stop talking.
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Since then, Keffi D Has done several other interviews in
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which he repeated his confession. He even has a new
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book about it for sale on Amazon. What He's Done publicly.
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All the confessions he's made since on b et vlad
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TV and these other platforms, those don't fall under the
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protection of his agreement, Kating said, think about that for
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a moment. Keffi D had limited immunity for his first confession,
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But then he went on a media tour bragging about
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his role in one of the most famous murders in
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American history. He wrote a book about it, he did
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interviews about it. He turned his confession into a brand.
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Davis had already given several on camera interviews and even
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published his own memoir, which included intricate details about his
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role in the fatal September nineteen ninety six shooting of Shakur.
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A grand jury in Las Vegas has indicted the last
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living suspect in the nineteen ninety six killing of Tupac
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Shakur in a long awaited breakthrough in one of hip
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hop's most enduring mysteries. September twenty ninth, twenty twenty three,
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nearly twenty seven years after Tupac's death, Keffie D was
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finally arrested at his home in Henderson, Nevada. Davis is
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the only person still alive who was in the vehicle
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from which shots were fired, and the only person ever
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charged with a crime in the case. The indictment alleges
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Davis obtained and provided a gun to someone in the
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backseat of a Cadillac before the Cardakar gunfire that mortally
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wounded Shakur and wounded rap music mogul Marion Suge Knight
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at an intersection just off the Las Vegas Strip. While
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I know there have been many people who did not
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believe that the murder of Tupac Shakur was important to
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this police department, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Sheriff Kevin
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mcmahill said during a press conference last week, I'm here
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to tell you that was simply not the case. It
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was not the case back then, and it was not
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the case today. But for people who'd been following the case,
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this wasn't shocking, it was overdue. For many, the site
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of a handcuffed kfe d being marched into court was
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a stunning breakthrough in one of the most enduring murder
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mysteries in hip hop and American celebrity. But for the
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people who have followed the case since that chaotic, bloody
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scene in Las Vegas, that night, Davis's arrest is a
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resolution that's several decades too late. Davis's own public words
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reinvigorated the investigation. The lead of Vegas's Homicide Bureau, Lieutenant
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Jason Johansson, told ABC last year and would be key
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in the case against him and would ultimately land him
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in the Las Vegas jail, where he now has been
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held since his September twenty twenty three arrest. Now you'd
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think that someone facing a murder charge in one of
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the most famous cases in American history would try to
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keep a low profile in jail. Not Davis. Keffid is
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set to stand trial in early April in connection with
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a jailhouse fight prosecutor say he participated in just before Christmas.
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He was indicted on battery by prisoner and challenges to
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fight charges after the December twenty third, twenty twenty four
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incident at the Clark County Detention Center. He pleaded not guilty.
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On April ninth, a Clark County jury found Dwayne Keffie D. Davis,
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sixty one, guilty of fighting with another inmate in December
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at the Clark County Detention Center. It took the jury
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ninety minutes to reach its verdict. According to jailhouse surveillance
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footage obtained by ABC News, the man who fought with
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Davis appeared to a been waiting alone and unattended in
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a common area when Davis came walking through with an escort.
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The second inmate can be seen lunging at Davis, who
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fought back. And this week we learned that Keffi D's
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attempt to get a new trial in the jailhouse fight
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case failed. Dwayne Keffie D. Davis, who was awaiting trial
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in the nineteen ninety six killing of rap Icon Tupac Shakur,
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lost his bid last week for a new trial in
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a separate battery case tied to a jailhouse fight. The
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jurors who convicted Davis of battery in the jailhouse fight
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were put on the witness stand Wednesday, one by one.
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Each of them denied claims by Davis's son and a
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man who describes himself as a journalist that they overheard
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one of the jurors talking about the battery case during
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a lunch break ahead of deliberations. Here's a man who
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spent decades bragging about his role in a murder and
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when he finally gets arrested. He can't even stay out
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of fights in jail. Some habits apparently never die back
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in a moment. Now here's where this story gets truly incredible.
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After decades of confessing to his role in Tupac's murder,
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Kefi d is now claiming he's innocent. The only man
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ever charged in the notorious Las Vegas murder of rapper
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Tupac Shakur, insists he is innocent, being railroaded by authorities,
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and that he only confessed to his purported role in
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the crime because he was getting paid to lie. I'm innocent,
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Davis said during a sometimes tearful, hour long meeting at
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the Clark County Detention Center. Not only does he say
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he had nothing to do with Shakur's killing, Davis said
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he was hundreds of miles away from where it happened,
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asserting for the first time where he says he was
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that night in Los Angeles and at home. Davis said
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he has about twenty or thirty people going to come
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to his murder trial, corroborating that alibi, to say nothing
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of the thirteen thousand people who say they killed Tupac.
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Even more absurd, Davis, sitting on a wooden bench under
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the harsh fluorescent lights of a jailhouse conference room and
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accompanied by corrections officers, now insists he didn't write his
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own memoir and hasn't even read it. I've never read
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the book, Davis said of his memoir, Compton Street Legend,
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on which he shares the credit as a co author.
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The back of the book bears the tagline, the last
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living eyewitness to Tupac's murder is telling his story. Let
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me get this straight. Keffie d co authored a book
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about being the last living witness to Tupac's murder, but
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he claims he never read it and had nothing to
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do with what was in it. That's like saying you
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co directed a movie but never watched it and don't
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know what happens in it. His defense attorney is now
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making even wilder claims. Defense attorney Carl Arnold said in
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the filing that his private investigator has identified several witnesses
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that cast doubt on the official version of events, and
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they are making further inquiries to determine the validity of
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some other cause of death for mister Shakur without presenting
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backup evidence. Arnold alleged that Reggie Wright Junior, who worked
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security for Knight's death Row Records, and his team were
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actually responsible for the star's death. Responding to the latest claims,
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Wright said Kefi d confessed to Tupac's murder to the
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LAPD in two thousand and eight, to the Las Vegas
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Metro PD in two thousand and nine, and then publicly
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from twenty eighteen to twenty twenty three on BET, multiple
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YouTube interviews and in a book about his life, and
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is only now using the media to slander me because
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he finally got arrested and has no other defense. And now,
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after all this drama, the trial has been pushed back
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yet again. The murder trial for Dwayne Keffie D. Davis,
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the only person ever charged in connection with the killing
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of rapper Tupac Shakur, has been postponed nearly a year
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after his defense team asked for more time to interview
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witnesses they say can prove he was not present at
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the time of the nineteen ninety six Las Vegas drive
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by shooting. Davis was initially set to go to trial
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for the famed rappers killing. In mid March, a judge
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pushed the trial date to February ninth, twenty twenty six,
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after his defense filed a motion to continue the trial.
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It looks like there are quite a few things that
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are left to be done to get this case prepared
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so that mister Davis can have effective assistance of counsel,
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Judge Carly Kearney said during a brief hearing on Tuesday.
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So now we're looking at February twenty twenty six, more
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than twenty nine years after Tupac's death, before this case
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goes to trial, if it goes to trial. Meanwhile, Kefi
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d has tried repeatedly to make bail, but judges keep
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rejecting his bond packages. A judge has again denied bail
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to Tupac Shakur murder suspect Dwayne Keffi D Davis overdoubts
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about the source of the bond money. At a July hearing,
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Clark County District Court Judge Carle Kearney rejected a one
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hundred twelve thousand, five hundred dollars down payment to secure
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Davis's seven hundred fifty thousand dollars bond, noting that the
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payment allegedly from music executive Cash Whack one hundred Jones
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was tied to an exclusive interview with Davis. Even potential
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bail money is connected to his media appearances. This man
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literally cannot stop monetizing his connection to Tupac's murder. Here's
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what fascinates me about the Keffe d case. This is
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a man who spent decades incriminating himself and then acts
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shocked when those confessions are used against him. But I
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think Keffe thought he was invincible. It's all unique in
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the sense that in this case, the star witness against
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the defendant is the defendant. Kefi D represents everything wrong
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with our celebrity obsessed culture. Here's a man who helped
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plan and execute the murder of one of America's most
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beloved artists, and instead of living quietly with his secret,
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he turned it into a career. He did interviews, he
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wrote books, he went on podcasts. He built a brand
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around being the last living witness to Tupac's murder. He
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thought his immunity from that two thousand and eight proffer
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agreement meant he could confess publicly forever without consequences. He
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was wrong. It seems like if you wanted to get
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away with murder, all you had to do was kill
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Tupac in nineteen ninety six, said filmmaker Mike Dorsey. And
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that might have been true if Kefi D had just
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kept his mouth shut, But ego and greed got the
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better of him. He wanted the fame that came with
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being connected to one of hip hop's biggest mysteries. Now