Prosecutors claim that Keefe D was the brains behind Shakur’s shooting, and he is the only surviving individual from the alleged suspect vehicle today.
Interviews of Keefe D were submitted by prosecutors, where he claimed that Combs offered him $1 million to kill Tupac.
According to the podcast, court documents reveal that when police asked if Combs “play[ed] a role in this thing?”, Keefe D replied: “Yeah, I think he did.”
Hernandez continues to claim: “Davis said Puffy contacted him about Pac’s death, and that Combs ‘reached out wondering if the South Side Crips were responsible for Shakur’s death by asking, ‘Is that us?’ [Keefe D], beaming with pride, answer[ed], ‘Yes.’” Kading adds how Combs would have “known that he was targeted when he came to the West Coast” so met up with Keefe D when “things got really bad”.
Kading claims: “Puffy called him aside and made it more pronounced, made it more emphatic. Hey, really need you to take care of this problem. Because, you know, I’m a dead man walking if you don’t. That was kind of the gist.’
According to Keefe D, and this is where I give this caveat. This is a conversation where I think emotions are going on desperation and fear. And Keefe D says that he offered him a million dollars. And of course, Keefe D is not going to turn that down. So that was the kind of number that was thrown out there.”
The Las Vegas Police Department made a significant move on July 18, 2023, by executing a search warrant at a residence in Henderson, Nevada, linking the premises to their longstanding probe into the murder of Tupac Shakur. Mystery unravelled as it turned out the property was owned by Duane ‘Keefe D’ Davis’ wife.
This led to Keefe D’s arrest on September 29, 2023, with subsequent charges of murder placed against him; he professed his innocence when he pleaded not guilty on November 2, 2023. Fast forward to November 7, 2023, and Judge Carli Kierny of the Clark County District Court pencilled in June 3, 2024, for Keefe D’s trial commencement.
Combs has always denied having any involvement in the murders of both Tupac and Biggie. During a radio interview in 2023, Combs was questioned about Tupac’s death but quickly shut down his interviewers, saying: “We don’t talk about things that are nonsense, we don’t entertain nonsense, with all due respect, but I appreciate you as a journalist asking, thank you.”
The rapper was arrested on Monday, September 16, in New York City, and is facing serious allegations of sex trafficking and racketeering. Despite several attempts, bail has been denied, and Combs is now locked up at the Metropolitan Detention Centre (MDC) in Brooklyn.
