Keefe D Moves to Suppress Evidence in Tupac Murder Case

Major developments continue in the Tupac Shakur murder case as Duane "Keefe D" Davis fights to have key evidence thrown out before his trial. On December 22nd, Keefe D's legal team filed a motion to suppress all evidence obtained during a nighttime police raid on his Henderson Nevada home in July 2023. His attorney Robert Draskovich argues that officers violated his client's civil rights through an illegal search based on an insufficiently justified warrant. The motion states that when officers obtain nighttime authorization through bad faith, courts agree suppression is appropriate. Draskovich claims the affidavit supporting the search warrant painted a misleading portrait of Davis as a dangerous drug dealer when in reality his drug convictions were 25 years old and he's a 62 year old retired cancer survivor who lived quietly in the same home for nearly a decade. The defense also challenges the justification for conducting the raid at night arguing there were no case specific urgency or safety concerns that Nevada law requires for nighttime searches. Instead they claim officials relied on generalized safety rationales that don't meet the legal threshold. This motion comes as Keefe D's trial has already been delayed until August 2026 due to what his attorney described as voluminous amounts of new evidence requiring additional review time. Davis has been held in the Clark County Detention Center since his September 2023 arrest for allegedly orchestrating the drive by shooting that killed Tupac near the Las Vegas Strip in 1996. Prosecutors have built their case largely on Davis's own public statements over the years including interviews and his memoir where he discussed his role in the events surrounding Tupac's death. However Davis now claims those statements were exaggerated for entertainment purposes and insists he's innocent. In a recent interview Davis stated authorities have no solid evidence against them saying they can't even place him at the scene and have no gun, no car and no concrete proof. His former DJ Don Juan has also publicly supported his version of events. The case has captivated the hip hop community for nearly three decades with many hoping it will finally bring closure to one of music's most infamous unsolved murders.