Tupac Shakur’s brother-in-law is happy that Duane “Kef D” Davis has been charged with murder, but angry that it took police nearly 30 years to arrest him. ing.
Moprem Shakur told the Post Friday that he still doesn’t understand how Davis was able to break free and use the death of his beloved brother to publish interviews and even a book boasting about his long involvement. Told.
“The timing was so strange that it kind of cringed. Why now, 27 years after his death?” Shakur said.
“[Davis] He always said he was in the car when he was my nephew. [Orlando Anderson] shot my brother. This didn’t have to happen. ”
At a press conference in Las Vegas on Friday, Chief Assistant District Attorney Mark DiGiacomo described Davis as the “on-scene commander on the ground” and “the shooter” who “ordered the killing” of Tupac Shakur. Stated.
A Nevada grand jury indicted Davis on one count of murder with a deadly weapon and one count of gang enhancement, and he was arrested Friday.
In his memoir, “Compton Street Legend,” Davis said that on the night of September 7, 1996, he was inside a white Cadillac with Anderson and two others when they pulled up to Shakur’s car on the Las Vegas Strip and opened fire. I admitted that I did it. Tupac, 25, was shot four times and died at the hospital six days later.
Davis wrote in his memoir that after the Mike Tyson boxing match, Tupac Shakur and his entourage beat Anderson that night at the MGM Grand Hotel, prompting him and his crew to retaliate.
Davis claims Anderson pulled the trigger in retaliation against Shakur. Both he and Anderson were members of the South Side Compton Crips gang, and Davis claims he was a “five-star general.”
Moprem said a Las Vegas detective contacted her several months ago and reassured her that the case was still under investigation.
In July, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department searched Davis’ home in Henderson, Nevada, and seized several computers, laptops and iPads from the home, as well as a .40-caliber bullet, according to a search warrant obtained by the newspaper. .
“The timing is very interesting and I was a little taken aback because this should have happened a long time ago,” Moprem said.
“People talk about all sorts of things, but that doesn’t mean there’s any meaning to it. Then I found out that the detective on the case suddenly retired. I was perplexed by the story, but… Someone else in the department said they are still working on it and are moving on.”
DiGiacomo said at a news conference that investigators have information about what led to the shooting, but there are still some gaps.
“What was missing was admissible evidence to establish this sequence of events,” the prosecutor said. “[Davis] In the book, he admitted to obtaining the guns to hunt down Mr. Shakur and Mr. Knight. ”
Moprem Shakur said she was upset to learn that Davis would use her brother’s name and death to gain attention over the years.
“It’s a blatant disregard for my unsolicited memories of one of the greatest rappers and icons of all time,” Moprem said.
“I’m not a lawyer or a cop, but I watch a lot of ‘Law & Order’…and he said that himself, and was definitely involved. He admitted this.
“But we’re here and we want to know the motive and the other accomplices. We’re looking at this indictment and bracing ourselves.”
Anderson and the two other people who were with Davis the night of Tupac’s shooting all died, and no witnesses have come forward to tell what happened that night.
Moprem said he plans to appear in court once the trial begins. When asked what he would say to Davis if he had the chance, he paused and added: He doesn’t know how much control he has. ”
