A Las Vegas
jury convicted former street gang leader Duane “Keffe D” Davis on Monday for
organizing the 1996 slaying of rap icon Tupac Shakur, securing the first-ever
conviction in a cold case that has gripped hip-hop followers for almost three
decades.
The jurors
declared the 63-year-old guilty of one count of murder with a deadly weapon
stemming from the 7 September 1996, drive-by shooting in Las Vegas that claimed
the life of the music superstar.
Clad in a
black suit, Davis showed...