2026年8月27日 美国东部时间晚上7:29 / 美联社
杜安·“基夫·D”·戴维斯1996年谋杀图派克·夏库尔一案的庭审在辩方于周四传唤三名前拉斯维加斯警官作证后休庭，即将进入结案陈词环节。
陪审员预计将于周一返回法庭听取结案陈词，随后将开始评议这起针对这位嘻哈偶像被杀案的唯一一项公诉。经过九天的作证，证据陈述环节已经结束。
现年63岁的戴维斯并未出庭作证。
1996年9月7日，夏库尔乘坐宝马车行驶时，一辆白色凯迪拉克在拉斯维加斯大道附近的红灯前与其并排停靠，随后发生枪击。夏库尔身中多枪，六天后不治身亡。宝马车司机马里恩·“休格”·奈特幸免于难。
多年后，戴维斯曾称自己提供了枪支，而他早已去世的侄子开了枪。检方称戴维斯策划了这起谋杀，如果他因使用致命武器谋杀并意图促进、进一步协助犯罪团伙的罪名成立，将面临终身监禁。他拒不认罪。
辩方律师迈克尔·桑夫特辩称，戴维斯为了钱财和名气编造或夸大了自己对这起谋杀案的描述，且调查人员未能独立证实他的说法。
辩方最后一位证人、退休的拉斯维加斯凶杀案侦探丹·朗作证称，他未能核实戴维斯在2009年警方讯问中提供的多项细节。
戴维斯告诉朗，他的侄子奥兰多·“宝贝巷”·安德森在夏库尔等人在赌场斗殴数小时后，被夏库尔等人殴打，随后前往拉斯维加斯一家医院接受治疗。朗表示，他未能找到证实安德森曾在该院接受治疗的医院记录。
朗还试图查找戴维斯所说的枪击前租用的白色凯迪拉克的相关记录，但同样未果。
当被一名陪审员问及是否能够证实戴维斯在夏库尔遇袭当晚确实在凯迪拉克内时，朗称戴维斯本人告诉他自己当时在车内，枪击就是从这辆车射出的。
在桑夫特的后续询问下，朗承认除了戴维斯本人的陈述之外，他没有任何独立证据能证实戴维斯当时在凯迪拉克内。
检方反驳称，戴维斯的说法与调查人员此前掌握的信息相符。在交叉盘问中，朗作证称，戴维斯指认的四名嫌疑人正是调查人员此前认为参与枪击的凯迪拉克车内人员。
朗还表示，他在2009年讯问戴维斯后返回拉斯维加斯，原本打算申请谋杀逮捕令，因为他认为存在合理依据，但当时的检察官让他暂缓行动，等待他们对案件进行审查。
辩方还传唤了两名前拉斯维加斯警官，他们在枪击当晚被派往奈特家中维持治安。两人作证称，当时有车辆进出这座封闭式住宅，其中包括一辆米白色或白色的凯迪拉克。
这起案件在数十年间一直悬而未决，直到戴维斯公开接受采访并在2019年出版回忆录，才重新引发了人们对这起谋杀案的关注。
检方在传唤24名证人后于周三休庭。他们辩称，戴维斯策划杀害夏库尔是为了报复安德森在赌场遭遇的斗殴，检方的案件主要依赖戴维斯多年来的自述，包括采访、回忆录和狱中通话录音。
Closing arguments in trial of man accused in Tupac Shakur’s murder expected Monday
August 27, 2026 7:29 PM EDT / AP
The murder trial of Duane “Keffe D” Davis in the 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur is headed to closing arguments after the defense rested Thursday following testimony from three former Las Vegas police officers.
Jurors are scheduled to return Monday for closing arguments before beginning deliberations in the only prosecution brought in the killing of the hip-hop icon. The presentation of evidence ended after nine days of testimony.
Davis, 63, did not take the stand.
Shakur was riding in a BMW on Sept. 7, 1996, when a white Cadillac pulled up next to it at a red light near the Las Vegas Strip and gunfire erupted. Shakur was shot multiple times and died six days later. The driver of the BMW, Marion “Suge” Knight, survived.
Years later, Davis would say he procured the gun and his nephew, who has since died, fired the shots. Prosecutors say Davis orchestrated the killing, and he faces life in prison if convicted of murder with a deadly weapon with the intent to promote, further or assist a criminal gang. He has pleaded not guilty.
Duane Davis enters the courtroom during his murder trial in connection with the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur at Clark County District Court at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Aug. 27. Steve Marcus / POOL /AFP via Getty Images
Defense attorney Michael Sanft has argued that Davis fabricated or embellished his accounts of the killing for money and notoriety and that investigators failed to independently corroborate his claims.
Retired Las Vegas homicide detective Dan Long, the defense’s final witness, testified that he tried unsuccessfully to verify several details Davis provided during a 2009 police interview.
Davis told Long that his nephew, Orlando “Baby Lane” Anderson, had gone to a Las Vegas hospital after being beaten by Shakur and others in a casino brawl hours before the rapper was fatally shot. Long said he was unable to find hospital records confirming Anderson was treated there.
Long also tried unsuccessfully to locate records for a white Cadillac that Davis said had been rented before the shooting.
Asked by a juror whether he had been able to verify that Davis was actually in the Cadillac the night Shakur was killed, Long said Davis himself told him he was in the car and that the shooting came from it.
A 1996 photo of rapper Tupac Shakur and Marion “Suge” Knight is displayed during the Duane Davis murder trial at Clark County District Court Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, Aug. 17, 2026. Reuters/Steve Marcus/Pool
On follow-up questioning by Sanft, Long acknowledged he had no independent facts outside of what Davis told him confirming he was in the Cadillac.
Prosecutors countered that Davis’ account matched information already developed by investigators. On cross-examination, Long testified that Davis identified the same four men investigators already believed were in the Cadillac when Shakur was shot.
Long also said he returned to Las Vegas after interviewing Davis in 2009 intending to seek an arrest warrant for murder because he believed there was probable cause, but prosecutors at the time told him to stand down while they reviewed the matter.
The defense also called two former Las Vegas police officers who were assigned to keep the peace at Knight’s home on the night of the shooting. They testified about vehicles entering and leaving the gated residence, including a cream- or white-colored Cadillac.
The case remained unsolved for decades before Davis’ public interviews and 2019 memoir helped revive scrutiny of the killing.
Prosecutors rested Wednesday after calling 24 witnesses. They contend Davis orchestrated Shakur’s killing in retaliation for the casino fight involving Anderson, and their case relied heavily on Davis’ own accounts over the years, including interviews, his memoir and recorded jail calls.
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