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Las Vegas police have arrested a man \u2013 Duane \u2018Keffe D\u2019 Davis \u2013 over the drive-by shooting of hip-hop star Tupac Shakur 27 years ago, according to AP.<\/p>\n
The publication reports that two officials with first-hand knowledge of the arrest have named Davis, 60. <\/p>\n
The rapper was 25 when he was gunned down in a drive-by shooting near the Las Vegas Strip on the night of September 7, 1996.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The arrest is said to have come two months after Las Vegas police raided a home in connection to the murder. <\/p>\n
In a statement shared with Metro.co.uk<\/em><\/strong> at the time, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) said: \u2018LVMPD can confirm a search warrant was served in Henderson, Nevada on July 17, 2023, as part of the ongoing Tupac Shakur homicide investigation.<\/p>\n \u2018We will have no further comment at this time.\u2019<\/p>\n Shakur was in the passenger\u2019s seat of a BMW in a convoy of others when, as they waited for a red light, someone in a white Cadillac opened fire on him. <\/p>\n He died a week later from multiple gunshot wounds to the arm, thigh, right lung and chest.<\/p>\n In his short five years making music, Shakur cemented himself as one of the most influential rappers of all time with hits like All Eyez on Me. He sold a\u00a0staggering 75 million records worldwide. <\/p>\n Tupac\u2019s death has long been associated with the death of the Notorious B.I.G, after he was shot and killed six months later in March 1997, and to the East Coast\/West Coast rivalry.<\/p>\n His life and legacy have continued to impact and influence culture today, from a groundbreaking performance via hologram at the 2012 Coachella Music Festival, to a spoken-word appearance on Kendrick Lamar\u2019s 2015 album To Pimp A Butterfly.<\/p>\n In June this year the\u00a0rapper received a posthumous star\u00a0on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/metro-parent\/img\/fallback.png\")
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