Jury delivers verdict in Tupac Shakur murder trial

A jury has reached a verdict in the long-running murder trial linked to the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur. Google News MT reports the decision from Los Angeles.

Verdict reached in decades-long Tupac Shakur murder case

A jury has delivered its verdict in the murder trial connected to the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, Google News MT — Crime (en) reports, citing NBC Los Angeles.

Shakur was shot in Las Vegas on 7 September 1996 and died six days later. The case went unsolved for nearly three decades before prosecutors brought charges.

Duane "Keffe D" Davis, who has publicly claimed knowledge of the shooting, was the defendant in the trial held in Las Vegas. Investigators alleged he orchestrated the attack from a white BMW from which the fatal shots were fired at Shakur's vehicle after a Mike Tyson boxing match at the MGM Grand.

The verdict marks a significant development in one of American music's most prominent unsolved cases. Further details on the jury's findings and any sentencing proceedings had not been fully disclosed at the time of reporting.

Source: Google News MT — Crime (en)