2026-08-18T16:55:00-0400 / 哥伦比亚广播公司/美联社
周二，在检方在杜安·“基夫·D”·戴维斯的拉斯维加斯庭审中出示图派克·夏库尔的尸检照片前，夏库尔的部分家属离开了法庭。戴维斯被控策划了1996年那场导致这位说唱巨星身亡的驾车枪击案。
另有一些家属留在法庭直面他遗体所遭遇的残酷事实。
现年63岁的戴维斯若因持致命武器谋杀且意图促进、协助犯罪帮派的罪名成立，可能被判终身监禁。他已提出无罪抗辩。辩方在开场陈述中称检方的说法是“虚构的”。
辩方律师迈克尔·桑夫特向陪审员表示，尽管戴维斯在采访和回忆录中供认了自己涉案，但检方此前并未对他提起诉讼，因为执法部门认为他“满嘴胡言”。
法医出庭作证详述图派克·夏库尔的尸检情况
内华达州克拉克郡法医、病理学家丽莎·加文是次日庭审的首批证人之一。在询问环节伊始，陪审员首先看到了一个绿色尸袋的照片，随后是一张他遗体的可怖照片。留在法庭的部分亲属别过了脸。其中一名女性在照片出示后起身离开。
夏库尔的侄子扎伊德·阿金耶拉表示，他留在法庭是为了了解更多细节。
“我觉得，这些细节，尤其是对于和他亲近的人来说，说实话，对我而言有助于缓解悲痛。我认为我们已经等待了30年，才能好好地悼念他，”阿金耶拉在法庭外告诉美联社。“很多人只有在了解亲人遭遇了什么、如何遭遇不幸后，才能真正开始悼念。”他补充道：“这就是为什么我想留下来，只为获得属于我自己的了结。”
阿金耶拉说，他此前并不清楚堂兄身中多少枪伤，不禁会去想那个夜晚本可以有怎样不同的走向。
加文介绍了三颗子弹，其中一颗穿透了夏库尔的胸部，伤及一片肺叶。她说，这导致他的肺塌陷并出血，医生最终切除了受损的肺以挽救他的生命。
她还表示，另外的子弹损伤了他的肠道和身体其他部位。
陪审员们仔细观看了夏库尔遗体的照片，遗体肿胀，胸部有多处伤口。座无虚席的法庭内一片寂静。其中一张照片展示了他的纹身，以及他住院六天后离世时仍留在身上的胸管。
庭审的视频直播并未播放这些画面。
加文并未参与夏库尔的尸检，而是作为专家证人出庭，因为30年前负责尸检的法医已经去世。
加文讲解照片内容时，戴维斯一动不动地盯着面前的屏幕，偶尔凑到律师耳边低语。
2026年8月18日，在拉斯维加斯克拉克郡地区法院区域司法中心举行的说唱歌手图派克·夏库尔谋杀案庭审中，杜安·“基夫·D”·戴维斯现身法庭。约翰·洛彻/ pooled via 路透社
中途离场的家属在后续证人作证时返回了法庭。
阿金耶拉表示，这些照片让他感到“非常愤怒，非常愤怒，至少可以说非常悲伤”。
但他说：“我非常虔诚，所以看到遗体并不会像其他人那样影响我。我相信他的灵魂仍在，通过他的家人和他的遗产延续下去。”
陪审团观看图派克·夏库尔遇害前的冲突视频
检方指控，夏库尔被杀是为了报复他的随行人员在迈克·泰森比赛结束几小时后，在米高梅大酒店袭击了戴维斯的侄子奥兰多·“宝贝巷”·安德森。
周二，陪审员观看了酒店的监控录像，记录了这场冲突。米高梅大酒店内来回摆动的摄像头显示，一群人对一名倒地男子拳打脚踢。
视频显示，冲突发生后的几分钟内，夏库尔和他的随行人员快速穿过拥挤的酒店大楼。有时，其他随行人员不得不慢跑才能跟上这位说唱歌手。
监控录像随后显示，安保人员和警察赶到现场，与身穿13号丹·马里诺迈阿密海豚队球衣的安德森交谈。
几小时后，乘坐黑色宝马车的夏库尔和嘻哈大亨马里恩“苏格”·奈特遭到一辆白色凯迪拉克内人员的枪击。车内有戴维斯、安德森和另外两名男子。戴维斯并未被指控扣动扳机。
2026年8月17日，在拉斯维加斯克拉克郡地区法院区域司法中心举行的杜安·戴维斯谋杀案庭审中，一张1996年的照片被展出，照片左侧是说唱歌手图派克·夏库尔和马里恩“苏格”·奈特。路透社/史蒂夫·马库斯/pooled
奈特表示，他不愿作为证人出庭，这可能会给检方带来麻烦。
“这让检方陷入了非常棘手的境地，因为听起来他不会为检方的案件提供帮助，但陪审员们却希望听取这位唯一在世证人的证词，”哥伦比亚广播公司新闻法律撰稿人卡罗琳·波利西说道。
“敌对”证人拒绝重提过往
在多名技术和程序证人出庭后，詹姆斯·麦克唐纳在法院强制要求下不情愿地出庭作证，既表现出敌意又带有幽默感。
和奈特一样，麦克唐纳曾与莫布·皮鲁血帮帮派有关联，并曾在奈特的662俱乐部担任安保。夏库尔和奈特当时正是在前往该俱乐部的途中遭到枪击。戴维斯是敌对帮派南side康普顿克里普斯的成员。
当首席副地区检察官比努·帕拉尔询问他是否清楚安德森被殴打的原因时，他拒绝回答。
“我知道很多事情，”麦克唐纳说，“那些发生过的事，人们已经30年没提过了。今天也不会是提它们的日子。”
他说：“我或其他人提及死者都是不对的”，还表示“你们最好将我视为敌对证人”。
麦克唐纳表示，他想避免回答可能会伤害戴维斯的问题。
“我现在要向人们解释我曾经是什么样的人。我对此并不感到自豪，”麦克唐纳说，“我不想把他送进监狱，尽管我们彼此并不喜欢。”
他曾一度直接对被告说：“兄弟，你现在经历的，就是你正在经历的。”麦克唐纳还补充道：“我不想参与其中。”戴维斯没有明显的反应。
但麦克唐纳也带来了几段轻松的时刻。
当被问及是否记得帮派 rivalry 之间具体的斗殴或争端时，麦克唐纳说：“你是认真的吗？！”法庭内随即响起笑声。
死囚区安保人员详述坏小子唱片公司恩怨
雷吉·赖特 Jr. 曾是康普顿警察，经营着一家安保公司，受雇于奈特的死囚区唱片公司。他详细说明了在夏库尔枪击案发生前，该唱片公司与肖恩“吹牛老爹”·康布斯的坏小子唱片公司之间的紧张关系是如何升级的。
他表示，在夏库尔发布《Hit ‘Em Up》的MV后，他将夏库尔的安保人员数量增加了一倍。这首歌曲是嘻哈史上最恶毒的diss track之一，矛头直指坏小子唱片公司的声名狼藉先生，后者在六个月后遭枪击身亡。
赖特说，夏库尔原本计划在662俱乐部演出，以完成他的社区服务要求。当时他正因加州的武器和袭击指控处于缓刑期。
枪击事件发生后，赖特前往夏库尔被送往的大学医疗中心，称那里聚集了一群人。他致电在康普顿警察局帮派部门工作的父亲，告知他这场斗殴和枪击事件，并警告他那里可能会再次发生麻烦。
赖特作证称，他在夏库尔被火化后收到了他的骨灰，并确认骨灰已交到夏库尔家人手中。
赖特长期以来一直是被传闻参与夏库尔谋杀案的人员之一。
帕拉尔询问他是否与此事有关。
“绝对没有，”赖特回答道。
夏库尔至今仍是文化偶像，被认为是有史以来最具影响力和多才多艺的说唱歌手之一。他在25岁时正值事业巅峰期离世，此后他的传奇反而愈发壮大。
他的说唱对手声名狼藉先生在六个月后也遭枪击身亡，这两起案件在公众记忆中始终紧密相连。
本案庭审中已经讨论过这起枪击案，未来很可能还会再次提及。一名前洛杉矶警探作证称，戴维斯曾短暂成为这位名为克里斯托弗·华莱士的说唱歌手枪击案的嫌疑人，但后来被排除了嫌疑。周二的庭审以一段戴维斯向侦探谈论华莱士枪击案的录音开始。
Tupac Shakur autopsy photos shown at Las Vegas murder trial after some family members leave court
2026-08-18T16:55:00-0400 / CBS/AP
Some members of Tupac Shakur’s family stepped out of the courtroom Tuesday before prosecutors showed photos from his autopsy at the Las Vegas trial of Duane “Keffe D” Davis, who is charged with orchestrating the 1996 drive-by shooting that killed the rap giant.
Others remained in the courtroom to face the grim facts of what happened to his body.
Davis, 63, could get life in prison if he’s convicted of murder with a deadly weapon with the intent to promote, further or assist a criminal gang. He has pleaded not guilty. His lawyer in the defense opening called the prosecution’s narrative “fiction.”
Lawyer Michael Sanft told jurors Davis wasn’t previously charged, despite implicating himself in interviews and his memoir, because law enforcement knew that he was “full of crap.”
Medical examiner testifies about Tupac Shakur’s autopsy
Dr. Lisa Gavin, a forensic pathologist and medical examiner for Clark County, Nevada, was among the early witnesses on the second day of testimony. Jurors were shown a photo of a green body bag at the beginning of her questioning, followed by a grisly photo of his body. Some relatives who remained in the courtroom looked away. One woman got up to leave once the photos were shown.
Shakur’s cousin Zayd Akinyela said he wanted to stay in court to learn more.
“I feel like the details, especially for people that are close to him, honestly for me helps, helps the grief process. I think we’ve been waiting 30 years to grieve properly,” Akinyela told The Associated Press outside the courtroom. “A lot of people don’t get to grieve until they understand what happened to their loved one and how it happened.” He added, “That’s why I wanted to stay and just see for my own personal closure.”
Akinyela said he hadn’t known how many times his cousin was shot and can’t help but think of the ways the night could have played out differently.
Gavin described three bullets, one of which traveled through Shakur’s chest, including through a lung. That caused his lung to collapse and bleed, and doctors ultimately removed the damaged lung in an effort to save his life, she said.
Additional bullets damaged his intestines and other parts of his body, she said.
Jurors looked intently at the photos of Shakur’s body, which was bloated and had multiple chest wounds. The nearly full courtroom was quiet. One photo showed his tattoos and the chest tubes that were still in his body from the six days he spent in the hospital before dying.
The images were not shown in the video feed from the trial.
Gavin was not at Shakur’s autopsy but was called as an expert witness because the examiner from 30 years ago has since died.
As Gavin explained the photos, Davis sat still, looking at the screen in front of him. He occasionally whispered in his attorney’s ear.
Duane “Keffe D” Davis is seen in court for his murder trial related to the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, at Clark County District Court Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, Aug. 18, 2026. John Locher/Pool via Reuters
Family members who had stepped out returned for the testimony of subsequent witnesses.
Akinyela said the photos made him feel “very angry, very angry, to say the least, very sad.”
But he said, “I’m very spiritual, so just seeing the body doesn’t affect me the same way as it might some people. I do believe that his spirit is still around and still lives on through his family and through his legacy.”
Jury shown video of clash before Tupac Shakur’s death
Prosecutors allege Shakur was killed to avenge his entourage attacking Davis’ nephew, Orlando “Baby Lane” Anderson, a few hours earlier at the MGM Grand after a Mike Tyson fight.
On Tuesday, jurors were shown the casino’s surveillance video of the clash. The camera, which panned back and forth in the MGM Grand, showed a group of people beating and kicking someone on the ground.
The video showed Shakur and his entourage moving quickly through the crowded building in the minutes after. At times, the other men had to jog to keep up with the rapper.
The surveillance footage then showed security and police arriving at the scene and talking to Anderson, who was wearing a number 13 Dan Marino Miami Dolphins jersey.
A few hours later, Shakur, riding in a black BMW with hip-hop mogul Marion “Suge” Knight, was gunned down by shots fired from a white Cadillac that had Davis, Anderson and two other men inside. Davis is not charged with pulling the trigger.
A 1996 photo of rapper Tupac Shakur, left, 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
Knight has said he doesn’t want to be called as a witness in the case, which could be a problem for prosecutors.
“It puts the prosecution in a really difficult position because it sounds like he’s not going to be helpful for their case, and yet jurors are going to want to hear from the only living witness,” CBS News legal contributor Caroline Polisi said.
“Hostile” witness refuses to revisit the past
After many technical and procedural witnesses, James McDonald brought both hostility and humor to the stand when he testified unwillingly under a court order.
McDonald, like Knight, had been affiliated with the Mob Piru Bloods gang and worked security for Knight at his Club 662, where Shakur and Knight had been headed when they were fired on. Davis was a member of the rival South Side Compton Crips.
Asked by Chief Deputy District Attorney Binu Palal if he was aware of why Anderson was beaten, he wouldn’t say.
“I’m aware of a lot of things,” McDonald said, “things that was going on, people ain’t talked about them in 30 years. Today ain’t one of them.”
He said, “Me or anybody else bringing up the dead is wrong,” and “you’d better treat me as a hostile witness.”
McDonald said he wanted to avoid answering questions that would hurt Davis.
“Here I am explaining to people what I used to be. I’m not proud of that,” McDonald said. “I don’t want to send him to prison, even though we don’t like each other.”
He directly addressed the defendant at one point. “What you’re going through, brother, is what you’re going through,” McDonald said, adding: “I didn’t want to be a part of it.” Davis had no visible reaction.
But McDonald also brought several moments of levity.
Asked if there were specific fights or disputes he could remember regarding the gang rivalry, McDonald said, “Are you serious?!” and laughter broke out in the courtroom.
Death Row security officer chronicles Bad Boy rivalry
Reggie Wright Jr., a former Compton police officer who owned a security company that was contracted by Knight’s Death Row Records, detailed the way tension had grown between the label and Sean “Diddy” Combs’ Bad Boy Records leading up to the Shakur shooting.
He said he had doubled Shakur’s security guards after he released the video for “Hit ‘Em Up,” one of the most vicious diss tracks in the history of hip-hop, aimed at Bad Boy’s Notorious B.I.G., who was killed six months later.
Wright said Shakur was to perform at Club 662 to fulfill required community service. He was on probation for California weapons and assault convictions.
After the shooting, Wright went to University Medical Center, where Shakur was taken, and said a crowd was gathering there. He called his father, who worked in the Compton Police Department’s gang division, to tell him about the brawl and shooting, and warned him that trouble could be coming there.
Wright testified that he received Shakur’s ashes after he was cremated, and saw that they got to Shakur’s family.
Wright has long been among those rumored to be involved in Shakur’s killing.
Palal asked him if he had anything to do with it.
“Absolutely not,” Wright replied.
Shakur remains a cultural icon and is considered one of the most influential and versatile rappers of all time. He died as his popularity was peaking at age 25, and his legend has only grown in the years since.
His rap rival, the Notorious B.I.G., was killed six months later in a shooting that has always been paired with Shakur’s in the public memory.
That shooting has already been discussed at this trial and likely will be again. A former Los Angeles police detective testified that Davis was briefly a suspect in the shooting of the rapper born Christopher Wallace, but was ruled out. Tuesday’s court day began with a recording of Davis talking to detectives about the Wallace shooting.
