Arrest Made in Tupac Shakur’s 1996 Drive-by Shooting Murder

The Messenger confirms that a man has been arrested on suspicion of murder for killing highly influential rapper Tupac Shakur.

Shakur was killed in Las Vegas in a drive-by shooting on Sept. 13, 1996. The arrest was made Friday by Las Vegas Metropolitan Police, but the suspect's name was being withheld by police.

Widely considered one of the greatest rappers to ever wield a microphone, Shakur has sold over 75 million copies of his records worldwide. His fourth studio LP, 1996's All Eyez on Me, would prove to be his last.

Prosecutors in July presented evidence to a grand jury for indictment in the long-unsolved murder case. A copy of a Las Vegas police warrant showed a man named Duane Keith Davis — also known as Keefy D or Keffe D — was the target of the search warrant.

The New York-born rapper debuted on the music scene in 1991 on a track by the group Digital Underground called "Same Song." The single was featured in the film "Nothing But Trouble," with Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, and Demi Moore. Shakur's debut album, 2Pacalypse Now, dropped later that same year.

He also branched out into acting, and is perhaps best known for his roles in 1992's "Juice," 1993's "Poetic Justice" with Janet Jackson, and 1994's "Above the Rim."

Shakur had several high-profile friends, including Snoop Dogg, Chuck D of Public Enemy, Mike Tyson, Jim Carrey, Mickey Rourke, Jada Pinkett, and Alanis Morissette.

His music was even released after his death, with six posthumous albums being issued between 1996 and 2006.

On Oct. 31, 1993, the rapper was arrested in Atlanta for shooting two off-duty police officers during a road-rage incident. But the charges were later dropped.

The next month, Shakur and two other men were charged in New York with sodomizing a woman in the rapper's New York hotel room. He stood trial in 1994 and was acquitted of three counts of sodomy. However, the music icon was convicted of two counts of first-degree sexual abuse and served several months at Rikers Island.

In late 1994, Shakur survived an attempt on his life outside Quad Studios in New York. The following year, the West Coast rapper told Vibe Magazine he believed rapper and label owner Sean Combs, record executive Jimmy Henchmen, and Christopher Wallace, the rapper known as Notorious B.I.G., had set him up.

In 1997, Shakur's mother founded the Shakur Family Foundation, which was later renamed the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation.

The foundation was formed to "provide training and support for students who aspire to enhance their creative talents." In June 2005, the TASF opened the Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts in Georgia. It closed ten years later.