{"id":38592,"date":"2026-08-11T13:24:42","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T08:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=38592"},"modified":"2026-08-11T13:24:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T08:24:42","slug":"tupac-shakur-murder-trial-officially-underway-with-jury-selection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=38592","title":{"rendered":"Tupac Shakur Murder Trial Officially Underway With Jury Selection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/tags\/tupac-shakur\" target=\"_blank\">Tupac Shakur<\/a>&#8216;s murder trial is officially underway with jury selection beginning in Las Vegas, as Duane &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/tags\/keefe-d\" target=\"_blank\">Keefe D<\/a>&#8221; Davis stands accused of orchestrating the 1996 killing.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday (Aug. 10), Keefe D appeared in court as Nevada Judge Carli Kierny questioned a pool of 75 prospective jurors about potential conflicts, medical issues and language barriers that could prevent them from serving. Pac&#8217;s family members and supporters also gathered outside the courthouse as the proceedings got underway.<\/p>\n<p>Keefe D, 63, has pleaded not guilty to one count of murder with a deadly weapon with the intent to promote, further or assist a criminal gang in Tupac&#8217;s death. According to a report from the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/tupac-shakur-trial-las-vegas-duane-davis-7b5ff4fe0e0abb6d067d329a79c57040\" target=\"_blank\"><em>AP<\/em><\/a>, the former Crip leader sat quietly alongside his attorney during the proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>Talking to reporters afterward, Tupac&#8217;s cousin Kendrick Lesan said, &#8220;Whoever had anything to do with it, whoever set it up, whoever had any hand in it should be locked up in prison.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After being a cold case for nearly three decades, police arrested Keefe D in 2023, after be admitted in his tell-all book <em>Compton Street Legend<\/em> and multiple interviews to being present and providing the gun used in Tupac&#8217;s murder. The shooting was allegedly retaliation for a fight Tupac and Death Row members were involved in at the MGM Grand shortly before he and Suge were shot in a drive-by near the Las Vegas Strip. The other three men in the suspect car, including alleged shooter Orlando Anderson, have died since the shooting and were never charged.<\/p>\n<p>The trial is expected to last about a month. 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