Tupac Shakur Murder: Rapper's Alleged Killer Wants To Be Released From Jail

The recently reopened Tupac Shakur murder investigation has yet another twist as the man recently arrested for planning the legendary rapper's demise now wants out of jail and has asked a Las Vegas Judge to do so.

According to local Las Vegas CBS affiliate 8 News Now, lawyers for Duane "Keffe D" Davis, 60, who was recently arrested for the 1996 murder of hip hop legend Tupac Shakur, have asked a Nevada judge to release their client on his own recognizance with an ankle bracelet or set bail no higher than $100,000.

Davis, a former gang leader, had his lawyers argue that his statements regarding the 1996 murder of Tupac were purely for "entertainment purposes," adding that "he is not a threat to the community," "not a flight risk," and being jailed for life would have a negative effect on his health.

Now a senior citizen, Davis was in remission from colon cancer when he was arrested soon after the investigation into the legendary rapper's murder was reopened. He was the person riding in the vehicle that shot at Tupac's car on the night of the rapper's death.

Davis' nephew, Orlando Anderson, was reportedly the one to pull the trigger and kill Tupac. He reportedly engaged the rapper in a fight after a Mike Tyson boxing match in Las Vegas, leading to the infamous shooting.

Lawyers Argue Alleged Tupac Shakur Murder Suspect's Health Deteriorating in Jail

On Tuesday, a Las Vegas court decided to schedule a January 2 hearing date on Davis's request. His court-appointed attorneys argued that the former gang leader's health has been deteriorating as he is being detained and that he is not getting the proper medical attention he needs after surviving colon cancer, according to the Associated Press.

"His diet and lack of exercise in the jail, given his age and medical history, is negatively impacting his health," wrote deputy special public defenders Robert Arroyo and Charles Cano in their bail motion on Thursday.

His lawyers also argued in his bail motion that the indictment against him was incomplete accounts "based on hearsay and highly prejudicial and speculative evidence" from "witnesses with questionable credibility."

They also maintained that Davis's words in his 2018 tell-all memoir and various interviews should not be used as evidence as they claimed he said them for entertainment purposes only and was not really serious. In those memoirs, he described what happened on the night that Tupac Shakur was killed.

What Did Tupac Shakur Murder Suspect Duane "Keffe D" Davis Say in His Memoir?

In his book, Davis wrote that he knew what happened in the deaths of not just Tupac Shakur but also his rival, the Notorious BIG or Biggie Smalls, whose real name was Christopher Wallace. Prosecutors are aiming to use his words in that book as evidence against him, according to The Guardian.

Conspiracy theories surrounding the deaths of both legendary rappers have popped up in the decades since their deaths, with Davis being one of the people at the heart of these killings that were the result of the infamous East Coast Vs. West Coast rap rivalry.

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Written by: Rick Martin

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