What to know about the Tupac Shakur murder trial now underway

For almost 30 years, the question of who killed rapper Tupac Shakur has gone unanswered. At least, in an official sense. For years, Duane Keith Davis, known as Keffe D, claimed to have played a part in the fatal drive-by shooting. Those comments led authorities to reopen the case. Davis, accused of providing the gun used to kill Shakur, is now the center of a murder trial. Shakur and Death Row Records co-founder Marion 'Suge' Knight were in Las Vegas to watch Mike Tyson knock out Bruce Seldon at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Outside the venue, Shakur, Knight, and their entourage got into a brawl with a group that included Davis's nephew, Orlando 'Baby Lane' Anderson. They stopped at a red light near the Las Vegas Strip, where a white Cadillac pulled up beside them, and gunfire erupted. Authorities say Davis was one of four men in the Cadillac, alongside Anderson, Deandrae Smith, and Terry Brown. Shakur was shot multiple times and died six days later. Knight survived with minor injuries. Davis was arrested by Las Vegas police in 2023. He is the only person charged in relation to Shakur's murder. Davis, now 63, was the former leader of the South Side Compton Crips, a California gang long suspected of orchestrating Shakur's murder. He has been awaiting trial in jail since 2023. The case is going ahead due to Davis's detailed descriptions of the evening. In a 2019 memoir, Compton Street Legend, Davis wrote that Shakur and his entourage had 'crossed the line' when they beat up Anderson. He claimed he was in the passenger seat of the Cadillac and passed a gun to the back seat. Davis and Knight 'looked each other dead in the eye' before the shooting. Davis's defense team argues his previous statements were fictitious, and the memoir is not based in fact. The prosecution will use Davis's memoir and interviews with authorities, including FBI interviews in 1998 and 1999, a 2008 interview with a federal task force investigating Biggie Smalls' killing, and a 2009 interview with Las Vegas police. Security footage shows Shakur and his entourage confronting Anderson hours before the shooting. The trial is expected to last up to six weeks. Davis is not accused of pulling the trigger but could still be found guilty of murder and given a life sentence under Nevada law. Knight, who was in the car with Shakur, is also on the witness list but has declined to participate in the trial. He is currently serving a 28-year prison sentence for a 2015 crime.