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FILE - Duane "Keffe D" Davis, left, who is accused of orchestrating the 1996 slaying of hip-hop icon Tupac Shakur, listens to his attorney Carl Arnold during a hearing at the Regional Justice Center, on July 23, 2024, in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, File)

Ex-gang leader accused of killing Tupac Shakur won’t be released on bond, judge rules

By Rio Yamat - Associated Press

FILE - Rapper Tupac Shakur attends a voter registration event in South Central Los Angeles, Aug. 15, 1996. A Nevada judge is being asked to decide Tuesday, June 25, 2024, if a former Los Angeles-area gang leader will be freed from jail to house arrest ahead of his murder trial in the 1996 killing of hip-hop music legend Tupac Shakur. (AP Photo/Frank Wiese, File)

Will ex-gang leader held in Tupac Shakur killing get house arrest with $750K bail? Judge to decide

By Ken Ritter - Associated Press

FILE - Duane "Keffe D" Davis, who is accused of orchestrating the 1996 slaying of hip-hop icon Tupac Shakur, is led into the courtroom during a status hearing at the Regional Justice Center, on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, in Las Vegas. Davis will ask a judge next week on June 24, to let him out of jail pending trial on a murder charge. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)

Ex-gang leader facing trial in Tupac Shakur killing seeking release from Vegas jail on $750K bail

By Ken Ritter - Associated Press

FILE - Duane "Keffe D" Davis arrives in Clark County District Court, Nov. 7, 2023, in Las Vegas. The former Los Angeles-area gang leader accused of murder in the killing of hip-hop music icon Tupac Shakur in 1996 in Las Vegas is seeking to be released to house arrest ahead of his murder trial in June 2024. A Nevada judge on Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023, set a Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024, hearing on the request by Davis. (Steve Marcus/Las Vegas Sun via AP, Pool, File)

Former gang leader charged with orchestrating killing of Tupac Shakur can serve house arrest

By Ken Ritter - Associated Press

Duane "Keffe D" Davis arrives in court Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023, in Las Vegas. Davis has been charged with killing Tupac Shakur in 1996. (AP Photo/John Locher, Pool)

Ex-gang leader charged in Tupac Shakur killing pleads not guilty in Las Vegas

By Ken Ritter - Associated Press

Duane "Keffe D" Davis arrives in court Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023, in Las Vegas. Davis has been charged with killing Tupac Shakur in 1996. (AP Photo/John Locher, Pool)

Defendant in Tupac Shakur killing loses defense lawyer ahead of arraignment

By Ken Ritter - Associated Press

An image of the late rapper and actor Tupac Shakur appears among fans during a ceremony honoring Shakur with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Wednesday, June 7, 2023, in Los Angeles. The unsolved killing of Shakur has taken a major turn. Duane “Keffe D” Davis was arrested Friday morning, although the exact charge or charges were not immediately clear, according to two officials with first-hand knowledge of the arrest. The renewed activity comes nearly 30 years after Shakur was gunned down on Sept. 7, 1996. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

Police bodycam video shows arrest of ‘Keffe D,’ suspect in 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur

By Rio Yamat and John Antczak - Associated Press

Duane "Keffe D" Davis is led into the courtroom at the Regional Justice Center on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023, in Las Vegas. Davis has been charged in the 1996 fatal drive-by shooting of rapper Tupac Shakur. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, Pool)

Suspect charged in rapper Tupac Shakur’s fatal shooting makes first court appearance

By Rio Yamat and Ken Ritter - Associated Press

Tupac Shakur 1971-1996 - was just 25 when he was killed in 1996 in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas. The celebrated rapper had already released five studio albums, served time for a sexual abuse conviction and survived a previous shooting during a robbery. (AP Photo/Columbia Pictures)

Man tied to suspected shooter in Tupac Shakur’s 1996 killing arrested in Las Vegas

By Rio Yamat and Ken Ritter - Associated Press

In this Monday evening, July 17, 2023 image taken from police body camera video provided by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, an unidentified man and woman are seen as SWAT officers raided a home in the nearby city of Henderson, Nev., in connection with the 1997 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur near the Las Vegas Strip. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department via AP)

Police videos show SWAT officers detaining man, woman during home raid in Tupac Shakur cold case

By Rio Yamat - Associated Press

In this Monday evening, July 17, 2023 image taken from police body camera video provided by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, an unidentified man and woman are seen as SWAT officers raided a home in the nearby city of Henderson, Nev., in connection with the 1997 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur near the Las Vegas Strip. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department via AP)

Police videos show moments before raid in Tupac Shakur cold case

By Rio Yamat - Associated Press

A home searched by Las Vegas police is seen on Thursday, July 20, 2023, in neighboring Henderson, Nev. The property was searched Monday, July 17, in connection with the 1996 drive-by shooting of rapper Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ty ONeil)

Police raid targeted home tied to witness to Tupac Shakur killing

By Rio Yamat and Ken Ritter - Associated Press

Rapper Tupac Shakur attends a voter registration event in South Central Los Angeles on Aug. 15, 1996. Shakur’s handwritten lyrics from classic songs such as “California Love” and “Dear Momma” along galleries that pay homage to his upbringing and mother are among the artifacts featured in a massive touring museum exhibit. The Shakur Estate announced Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021, that the “Tupac Shakur. Wake Me When I’m Free” will open on Jan. 21, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Frank Wiese) **FILE**

Police serve search warrant in Tupac Shakur murder investigation

By Rio Yamat and Maria Sherman - Associated Press

Rapper Tupac Shakur attends a voter registration event in South Central Los Angeles on Aug. 15, 1996. Shakur’s handwritten lyrics from classic songs such as “California Love” and “Dear Momma” along galleries that pay homage to his upbringing and mother are among the artifacts featured in a massive touring museum exhibit. The Shakur Estate announced Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021, that the “Tupac Shakur. Wake Me When I’m Free” will open on Jan. 21, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Frank Wiese) **FILE**

Hip-hop icon Tupac Shakur gets star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

Rapper Tupac Shakur attends a voter registration event in South Central Los Angeles on Aug. 15, 1996. Shakur’s handwritten lyrics from classic songs such as “California Love” and “Dear Momma” along galleries that pay homage to his upbringing and mother are among the artifacts featured in a massive touring museum exhibit. The Shakur Estate announced Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021, that the “Tupac Shakur. Wake Me When I’m Free” will open on Jan. 21, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Frank Wiese) **FILE**

Tupac Shakur to be honored with a street name in California

Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 15, 1996, file photo, rapper Tupac Shakur, left, and a founder of Death Row Records, Marion &quot;Suge&quot; Knight, attend a voter registration event in South Central Los Angeles. Twenty-five years after he was killed in Las Vegas, Tupac Shakur's legacy lives on. He was shot Sept. 7, 1996, died several days later at age 25. No one has ever been arrested for his killing. The Las Vegas Review-Journal looked at the unsolved slaying of one of rap music's biggest stars. (AP Photo/Frank Wiese, File)

Remembering Tupac: Las Vegas killing unsolved after 25 years

By Jason Bracelin - Associated Press

In this combination photo, Tupac Shakur attends a voter registration event in South Central Los Angeles on Aug. 15, 1996, left, and Notorious B.I.G., winner of best rap artist and rap single of the year, appears at the Billboard Music Awards in New York on Dec. 6, 1995. The late rappers are being united for an auction at Sotheby’s, the first-ever dedicated hip-hop auction at a major international auction house. Bidders will be able to vie for the crown worn and signed by the Notorious B.I.G. during a 1997 photo shoot held three days before he was killed in Los Angeles. They’ll also get to bid on an archive of 22 autographed love letters written by Shakur at the age of 15 to a high school sweetheart. (AP Photo)

Rap at auction: Biggie’s crown and Tupac Shakur letters

By MARK KENNEDY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 15, 1996, file photo, rapper Tupac Shakur attends a voter registration event in South Central Los Angeles. It was an odd couple: Records show that Iowa Department of Human Services Director Jerry Foxhoven had an unusually strong interest in the late Tupac Shakur during his two-year tenure, which abruptly ended last June 2019. He had weekly “Tupac Fridays” to play his music in the office, he traded Tupac lyrics with employees and he marked his own 65th birthday with Tupac-themed cookies, including ones decorated with the words “Thug life.” (AP Photo/Frank Wiese, File)

Emails show Iowa official’s Tupac fixation before his ouster

By RYAN J. FOLEY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 15, 1996, file photo, rapper Tupac Shakur attends a voter registration event in South Central Los Angeles. It was an odd couple: Records show that Iowa Department of Human Services Director Jerry Foxhoven had an unusually strong interest in the late Tupac Shakur during his two-year tenure, which abruptly ended last June 2019. He had weekly “Tupac Fridays” to play his music in the office, he traded Tupac lyrics with employees and he marked his own 65th birthday with Tupac-themed cookies, including ones decorated with the words “Thug life.” (AP Photo/Frank Wiese, File)

Jerry Foxhoven, Iowa official, ousted after Tupac lyrics email

By Ryan J. Foley - Associated Press

Mastermind of lethal 1981 Brinks heist denied parole again

Associated Press