BY JOHN SMITH | NOVEMBER 2, 2023
FACING A MURDER charge in the Sept. 7, 1996 shooting death of Tupac Shakur, former California street gang boss Duane Davis received a little good news during his brief arraignment Thursday in a Las Vegas Courtroom.
The State won’t seek the death penalty for what authorities are calling Davis’ role as “shot-caller” in a drive-by shooting a block off the Las Vegas Strip that mortally wounded the 25-year-old Shakur and also wounded Death Row Records godfather Marion “Suge” Knight.
Davis, 60, is charged with first-degree murder with the use of a deadly weapon with a gang enhancement, which gave prosecutors the opportunity to press for the death penalty. He is the last living suspect in a homicide case that has frustrated investigators in Los Angeles and Las Vegas for nearly three decades.