Diddy's Bodyguard, Ex-Mayor of Vegas and Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo Among High-Profile Witnesses Set to Testify at Tupac Murder Trial
The murder trial for the man accused of killing Tupac Shakur is set to feature several high-profile witnesses.
Aug. 7 2026, Published 2:50 p.m. ET
The trial for the man accused of orchestrating the murder of Tupac Shakur is scheduled to begin on Monday, August 10, and is expected to feature a bevy of high-profile witnesses, RadarOnline.com has learned.
The rap legend was killed in a Las Vegas drive-by shooting nearly 30 years ago.
The Murder Trial for Tupac Shakur
Shakur was gunned down on the streets of Las Vegas in 1996.
Duane "Keffe D" Davis faces a single count of murder with a deadly weapon with the intent to promote, further or assist a criminal gang in Shakur's death. The 63-year-old has pleaded not guilty, despite seemingly confessing to the crime in a self-published memoir.
The trial, which is expected to last about a month, is set to include Sean "Diddy" Combs' former bodyguard Eugene Deal, ex-Las Vegas mayor Oscar Goodman, and Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo, who was an officer with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department at the time.
Additional testimony is expected to come from Death Row Records co-founder Marion "Suge" Knight, who was injured in the same shooting that killed Shakur.
Knight is currently serving a 28-year prison sentence in California for voluntary manslaughter stemming from a fatal 2015 hit-and-run.
Conflicting Stories of the Real Killer's Identity
Reggie Wright Jr. has been singled out by the lone suspect as the real trigger man.
Another key witness will be Reggie Wright Jr., the former head of security at Death Row Records.
Davis has previously alleged that Wright was the man who actually organized the hit on Shakur. The lone suspect told KLAS in a jailhouse interview that he was set up, and pointed a finger at the former suspect.
"To me, I think their witness, Reggie Wright Jr. (killed Shakur)m" Davis declared. "All he do is lie and tell stories."
"He even be on the interviews threatening my son, threatening my family," he continued. "It's wrong. Even (retired LAPD detective Greg) Kading be on them interviews threatening my family. It’s wrong, man. Period. It's wrong."
Suge Knight Should Have 'Protected' Tupac Shakur
Suge Knight was with Shakur and injured in the shooting as well.
Davis allegedly confessed to the crime in his explosive tell-all, COMPTON STREET LEGEND. The former Crips gang member wrote that the fateful night all started with a brawl at the MGM Grand hours earlier, when members of rival gang the Bloods attacked Davis' nephew, the late Orlando 'Baby Lane' Anderson, after a Mike Tyson fight.
In response, Davis gathered a group of gang members for payback.
"Tupac, Suge Knight and the rest of the n-----s didn’t have any business putting their hands on my beloved nephew, Baby Lane. Period," Davis wrote. "Them jumping on my nephew gave us the ultimate green light to do something to their a--."
He went on to "blame" Knight for Shakur's death.
"Suge and them should have done a better job of protecting that dude because they knew who the f--k we were and the kind of s--t we were capable of. Tupac may not have known, but Suge and his peeps definitely knew."
Duane 'Keffe D' Davis is Ready for His Trial
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Davis has maintained he wasn't in Nevada at all that fateful day.
Davis has remained in custody on $750,000 bail since he was arrested in connection with Shakur's murder. His attorney, Carl Arnold, also indicated his client made false public statements about the killing and should not be taken seriously.
But prosecutors plan to prove that Davis was not only the shot caller, but that he also allegedly provided the weapon for the attack.
Davis maintains his innocence and is not seeking a plea deal for a potentially reduced prison sentence.
"I'm 63. I had a cancer battle, and I got three stents to my heart, and the average American lives like 74 years old," he said. "10 years, I'm dead. I'm not going to do that. You know what I'm saying? I’m not going to take a deal like that."
