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Police bodycam video shows arrest of Tupac killer suspect

Davis had been a long-known suspect in the case, and publicly admitted his role in the killing
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This Friday, Sept 29, 2023, photo provided by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department shows Duane Keith Davis following his arrest outside his home in Henderson, Nev. Davis, known as B次元官网网址淜effe D,B次元官网网址 was indicted on a murder charge in the Sept. 7, 1996, killing of rap music icon Tupac Shakur. After 27 years, Davis became the first person arrested in one of hip-hopB次元官网网址檚 most enduring mysteries. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department via AP)

The man charged with murder in the 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur had little to say when he was arrested near his home outside Las Vegas. But Duane B次元官网网址淜effe DB次元官网网址 Davis knew the gravity of it, according to police body camera footage released Friday.

B次元官网网址淪o what they got you for, man?B次元官网网址 an officer out of the frame later asks Davis, 60, while theyB次元官网网址檙e sitting in a police car parked outside the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police DepartmentB次元官网网址檚 headquarters.

B次元官网网址淏iggest case in Las Vegas history,B次元官网网址 Davis, who is handcuffed, replied and recounted the date that Shakur was gunned down B次元官网网址 B次元官网网址淪eptember 7th, 1996.B次元官网网址

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Police and prosecutors allege Davis was the mastermind behind the drive-by shooting near the Las Vegas Strip. Shakur was shot multiple times and died a week later. He was 25.

B次元官网网址淚 ainB次元官网网址檛 worried about B次元官网网址 I ainB次元官网网址檛 did (expletive),B次元官网网址 Davis told the officer as his voice trails off.

The four videos released Friday, totaling more than an hour of footage, show Davis arrested on Sept. 29 while on a walk in his otherwise quiet neighborhood. The videos also show police driving Davis to their headquarters and placing him in an interview room B次元官网网址 and, later, the short drive to the county jail, where heB次元官网网址檚 being held on bond.

Davis had been a long-known suspect in the case, and publicly admitted his role in the killing in interviews ahead of his 2019 tell-all memoir, B次元官网网址淐ompton Street Legend.B次元官网网址 In mid-July, police raided DavisB次元官网网址 home, renewing interest in hip-hopB次元官网网址檚 most enduring mystery.

The self-described gangster hasnB次元官网网址檛 yet entered a plea in the case, and he denied a request from The Associated Press for an interview from the jail. His longtime lawyer in Los Angeles, Edi Faal, told AP he has no comment on DavisB次元官网网址 behalf.

According to the videos, officers approached Davis at dawn, calling out to him from across the street.

B次元官网网址淗ey, Keffe, Metro Police,B次元官网网址 an officer said. B次元官网网址淐ome over here.B次元官网网址

Davis, holding a water bottle, cooperated as he was patted down and handcuffed next to an unmarked police vehicle. Much of the conversation with police initially focused on DavisB次元官网网址 request for water.

But later, Davis told an officer that he had moved to Las Vegas in January because his wife was working to open up Sprouts grocery stores in the area. The audio is redacted when the officer asks Davis what he has been doing since the move.

In the footage, Davis recalled the July 17 raid on his home and peeking over a gate at the same time as a SWAT officer B次元官网网址 and said his arrest Friday was much more low-key.

As they drove on the freeway en route to police headquarters, Davis does not appear in the video but asks the officer if he was followed the previous night. The officer says no.

B次元官网网址淪o why you all didnB次元官网网址檛 bring the media?B次元官网网址 Davis said.

The officer asked why police would bring the media, and Davis replied B次元官网网址淭hatB次元官网网址檚 what you all do.B次元官网网址

In an indictment unsealed last Friday in Clark County District Court, Davis is accused of orchestrating the killing of Shakur and providing his nephew, Orlando B次元官网网址淏aby LaneB次元官网网址 Anderson, with the gun to do it. Anderson, who denied involvement in ShakurB次元官网网址檚 killing, died in 1998.

DavisB次元官网网址 first court appearance this week was cut short when he asked the judge for a postponement while he retains counsel in Las Vegas. HeB次元官网网址檚 due in court again Oct. 19.

Antczak reported from Los Angeles. Associated Press writer Felicia Fonseca in Flagstaff, Arizona, contributed.

Rio Yamat And John Antczak, The Associated Press





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