A U.S. court has imposed on Tuesday a sentence of between 40 years in prison and life imprisonment on Duane "Keffe D" Davis, former leader of the California gang Los Crips, for his involvement in the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur, carried out in September 1996.
During the hearing held in Las Vegas, Judge Carli Kierny confirmed the sentence and clarified that the time Davis has already spent in prison since his arrest in 2023 will be deducted from the sentence.
The ruling comes after the verdict issued by a jury last August, which declared the accused, who has maintained that "he is innocent," guilty of murder with a deadly weapon with the intent to promote, further, or provide support to a criminal organization for his role in the crime.
Tupac Shakur, considered a legendary figure in hip-hop, died at the age of 25, six days after being shot while standing at a red traffic light in Las Vegas on September 7, 1996.
For decades, the mystery surrounding the identity of the shooter remained unresolved, until Davis began to make public statements about his presence in the white Cadillac that, according to the investigation, was positioned next to the artist's car at that traffic light on the night of the attack.