Ex-gang leader’s own words are strong evidence to deny bail in Tupac Shakur killing, prosecutors say
By KEN RITTER, Associated Press
Published: December 29, 2023, 7:27am
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FILE - Duane “Keffe D” Davis, left, with deputy special public defenders Robert Arroyo, right, and Charles Cano, rear, appears for his arraignment at the Regional Justice Center, Nov. 2, 2023, in Las Vegas. The former Los Angeles-area gang leader accused of murder in the killing of hip-hop music icon Tupac Shakur in 1996 in Las Vegas is seeking to be released to house arrest ahead of his murder trial in June 2024. A Nevada judge on Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023, set a Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024, hearing on the request by Davis. (Ethan Miller/Pool Photo via AP, File)Photo Gallery
LAS VEGAS (AP) — More than a decade of accounts by a former Los Angeles-area gang leader about orchestrating the killing of hip-hop music icon Tupac Shakur in 1996 are strong evidence to deny his release to house arrest ahead of his trial in June, prosecutors in Las Vegas said Thursday.
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