Tupac Shakur’s Suspected Killer Duane ‘Keefe D’ Davis Pleads Not Guilty

Duane "Keefe D" Davis, the man who was arrested late September on suspicion of murder in the 1996 death of Tupac Shakur, has pled not guilty.

On Thursday, Davis appeared in a Las Vegas courtroom where he pled not guilty to one count of murder with a deadly weapon, per the Associated Press. The news comes just a few weeks after Chief Deputy District Attorney Marc DiGiacomo announced that Davis had been charged with one count of first-degree murder.

There was some question about who would be representing Davis in court, but special public defenders Robert Arroyo and Charles Cano stepped in to represent Davis. On Wednesday, the AP reported that Davis may not have an attorney representing him, as Davis failed to meet the terms of an agreement with his former attorney Ross Goodman.

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police first announced that they had arrested a suspect on Sept. 9 in relation to Shakur's death. Back in July, prosecutors presented evidence to a grand jury for indictment, and a copy of a search warrant at the time named Davis as investigators' target.

The warrant was served on July 17 at Davis' Henderson, Nev., home, and according to the Associated Press, police found several electronics and a magazine featuring Shakur, several .40-caliber bullets, two containers of photographs and a copy of Davis' memoir.

LVMP Lt. Jason Johansson also alleged during a press conference that Davis, who police say is a member of the South Side Compton Crips gang, shot Shakur when a fight broke out between their two rival gangs. The groups were leaving the Mike Tyson fight at the MGM Grand hotel on Sept. 13, 1996.

Davis faces between 50 years to life in prison without parole or the death penalty if convicted.