Duane 'Keffe D' Davis was convicted of orchestrating the 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur, with a jury finding him guilty of murder with a deadly weapon. ^[1] The case, which has gripped hip-hop fans for decades, marks the first conviction in the 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur. ^[2] A jury in Las Vegas convicted Duane 'Keffe D' Davis, a former leader of the South Side Compton Crips, of murdering Tupac Shakur. ^[3] On September 7, 1996, Tupac Shakur, a 25-year-old rapper, was shot and killed while traveling in a vehicle near the Las Vegas Strip. ^[4] Duane Davis, 63, is accused of ordering the shooting of Tupac Shakur on September 7, 1996, as revenge after Shakur's entourage allegedly beat up Davis's nephew at a Las Vegas casino. ^[5] Davis' defense attorney, Michael Sanft, argued the case lacked surveillance footage, phone records, or other evidence placing Davis in Las Vegas on September 7, 1996. ^[6] The prosecution emphasized that Davis repeatedly placed himself inside a white Cadillac from which the shots were fired, despite evolving accounts of the crime. ^[7] Duane Davis, 63 years old, was found guilty after a jury deliberated for nearly three hours during a trial that lasted several weeks. ^[8] Prosecutors argued that Duane Davis organized the attack against Tupac Shakur following a confrontation involving Davis's nephew and musician Marion 'Suge' Knight. ^[9] Tupac Shakur was shot in a drive-by attack on September 7, 1996, and died six days later on September 13, 1996, at the age of 25. ^[10] Duane 'Keffe D' Davis, 63, was found guilty of using a deadly weapon in the murder of Tupac Shakur. ^[11] Tupac Shakur was critically injured on September 7, 1996, in Las Vegas when a white Cadillac stopped near his vehicle and opened fire. ^[12]