Search Warrant Reveals New Details As Police Take Fresh Look at Tupac Shakur Murder

Nevada police have searched a house outside of Las Vegas in connection with the 1996 killing of hip-hop star Tupac Shakur, who was shot to death in the city.

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department made the announcement Tuesday, but provided no additional information regarding who owned the house or what led investigators to conduct the search.

In a press release, the department said it “can confirm a search warrant was served in Henderson, Nevada on July 17, 2023, as part of the ongoing Tupac Shakur homicide investigation.”

The department, whose jurisdiction includes the suburb of Henderson where the search was conducted, declined to provide further comment.

NBC News, though, on Thursday identified the subject of the search as Duane Keith Davis, 60, also known as “Keefy D” or “Keffe D.”

According to the report, a warrant stated that police sought computer desktop and electronic storage devices. Police seized laptops, tablets, a mobile phone and a USB drive, among other electronics. The warrant also linked Davis to the South Side Compton Crips gang.

Davis was present at the scene of Shakur’s Sept. 7, 1996 shooting, and has discussed the case publicly according to NBC. That night he accompanied the late Orlando Anderson, his nephew, who has been investigated for his possible involvement in the rapper’s death.

Anderson died in a gang-related killing in Los Angeles almost two years later.

Shakur died in a hospital six days after his shooting at the age of 25. No arrests have ever been made in the case.

The award-winning rapper, activist and actor was posthumously honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in June, having sold more than 75 million records worldwide.

– Reuters and staff reports