2023-09-29 20:47:45
Las Vegas police arrested a man this Friday suspect in the murder of hip-hop icon Tupac Shakura case that has been unsolved for 27 years, US media report.
Duane “Keffe D” Davis, 60 years oldwas arrested in connection with the shooting that ended the rapper’s life on the famous Las Vegas Strip on September 13, 1996, the Los Angeles Times reported.
After years without progress in the case, last July the Las Vegas Police searched the home of Paula Clemons, in Henderson (Nevada), Davis’ wife and who on multiple occasions had assured that her nephew Orlando Anderson was involved in the murder. of the artist.
Anderson denied responsibility for the murder On numerous occasions and two years after Shakur’s death he died in a gang shootout.
The author of “Hit ‘Em Up” was murdered at the age of 25 after leaving a boxing match at the MGM Grand hotel in Las Vegas after being hit several times by a vehicle.
In 2018, Netflix made the documentary “Unsolved: The Tupac and Biggie Murders”, in which Davis appears stating that he had been in the vehicle with the man who had shot Shakur, but did not want to give the name of the person responsible.
Las Vegas police stated in the past that despite the large number of witnesses, the investigation had stalled due to their lack of cooperation.
Since his murder, Tupac’s legend grew exponentially, turning him into an emblem of American hiphop and his death has given rise to the creation of conspiracy theories.
Shakur was born on June 16, 1971 in New York, He grew up amid poverty and violence on the streets. and as a teenager he entered an art school in Baltimore (USA).
The album “2Pacalypse Now” (1991) was the first step in a career in which he was characterized by the “gangsta” style, a current of rap that aspired to portray the misery, violence and racism of the ghettos but that, According to his critics, he glorified the lives of criminals.
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