Tupac Shakur murder suspect sentenced to prison for jailhouse fight

Noble Brigham, Las Vegas Review-Journal on Sep 2, 2025

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LAS VEGAS —The man accused in the fatal shooting of hip-hop icon Tupac Shakur was sentenced to 16 to 40 months in prison Tuesday for a jailhouse fight with another inmate.

Jurors in April found Duane “Keffe D” Davis, 62, guilty of counts of battery by a prisoner and challenging someone to a fight.

His murder trial is scheduled for February. In that case, Davis is accused of organizing the shooting that killed Shakur near the Strip in 1996 as retaliation for a fight involving Shakur and his nephew.

Davis’ attorney claimed that he acted in self-defense in the battery case.

He and another inmate, Rochlon Hamilton, 53, struck each other during a Dec. 23 altercation at the Clark County Detention Center that was captured in surveillance footage, according to prosecutors.

Defense attorney Carl Arnold previously argued Hamilton approached Davis, poised and “ready to strike,” then attacked Davis.

Chief Deputy District Attorney Marc DiGiacomo had asserted Davis approached Hamilton, whom he disliked, before the fight began and took an “aggressive stance.” Once they attacked each other, it took three officers to pull the men apart, according to DiGiacomo.

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