A Las Vegas jury officially declared Duane Davis guilty of the murder of legendary rapper Tupac Shakur in 1996. ^[1] A jury found Duane Davis guilty of first-degree murder with a deadly weapon in the assassination of Tupac Shakur after three hours of deliberation. ^[2] A jury in Las Vegas convicted Duane Davis, a 63-year-old former leader of the South Side Compton Crips, of the murder of Tupac Shakur. ^[3] Duane Davis admitted to being in the white Cadillac that shot Tupac Shakur and stated he gave the gun to others in the back seat to fire. ^[4] Prosecutors argued that Duane Davis, a former commander of the South Side Compton Crips, acted as an on-site commander who ordered Shakur's death following a fight involving Davis's nephew. ^[5] The case was reopened after Davis published a memoir in 2019 where he admitted to being in the car and handing the gun to Orlando Anderson, leading to his arrest in September 2023. ^[6] The verdict was reached on Monday after the jury deliberated for several hours, marking the conclusion of a thirty-year-old cold case. ^[7] Prosecutors alleged that Davis planned the shooting after his nephew, Orlando Anderson, was involved in a fight at a Las Vegas casino. ^[8] Davis claimed in his 2019 memoirs that he was a passenger in the car from which Tupac was shot and that he handed the weapon to his nephew, Orlando Anderson, who fired the shots. ^[9] Duane Davis, 63, was accused of the murder in 2023 after the case remained unsolved for nearly 30 years. ^[10] The jury reached its verdict after deliberating for three hours, and Davis is scheduled to receive his sentence on October 13. ^[11] Prosecutors stated that Davis coordinated the attack on Tupac Shakur in September 1996 and provided the weapon used in the shooting. ^[12]