9 Bombshells Rock Tupac Murder Trial

Okay. All right. Yes, sir. >> Is that why they sent him over to attack. me? >> The shots came from inside the building. It was from the backseat. >> As we're about to come to the end of the. Tupac Shakur murder trial, here is a. full recap to give you everything you. need to know about what happened in. court as a jury is about to determine. whether Duane "Keefe D" Davis is guilty. of orchestrating the killing of the rap. icon almost 30 years ago. >> My intent was to drive back to Las Vegas.

and have Mr. Davis arrested for murder. >> Welcome to Sidebar, presented by Law &. Crime. I'm Jesse Weber. Okay. So, Tupac Shakur's murder trial. has reached a major milestone. The. prosecution rested its case, the defense. put on its case, they rested, too, meaning closing arguments are set for. Monday morning. And Duane "Keefe D". Davis, okay? He, uh, he made his. presence felt one last time before the.

evidence wrapped up. I think that's a. fair way to say it, because this was the. moment the judge was advising Davis of. his right to testify. It's only his. right. He's the only one that could. decide. And she explained that if he. took the stand, the prosecution could. ask him about his prior felony. convictions. You know, she said his 2015. conviction for battery by a prisoner. would be fair game. And she explained. that when a defendant takes the stand, he can be asked about any prior felony. convictions. Well, the judge said that. his 2015 conviction for battery by a.

prisoner would be fair game. That is. when Davis couldn't help himself. >> You're further advised that if you have. a felony conviction and more than 10. years has not elapsed from the date you. were convicted or discharged from. prison, parole, or probation, whichever. is later, and the defendant, um, and you elect to take the stand and. testify, the DA will be able to ask you. in the presence of the jury the. following. One, have you been convicted. of a felony? Two, what was the felony? And three, when did it happen? But the DA cannot. get into details about that. Do you. understand that? >> Yes, ma'am. >> Okay. I'll leave it to you and your.

attorneys. consultations as to what your decision. is, but I just wanted to give you those. rights at this time. >> Okay. >> Okay. >> So, just for the record because Mr. Sam. brought this up earlier, we checked the 2015 conviction. Uh it ran on August 11th of 2026. So, the only conviction that you would be. facing cross-examination for is his. conviction a couple years ago for. battery by a prisoner. >> Okay. All right. Yes, sir. >> Is that why they sent him over to attack. me?

>> I. >> Okay. >> I understand that's what you that's your. position that that happened, but. ultimately. I don't know anything about that case. I've never looked at it, okay? >> Okay, ma'am. >> All right. >> Yeah, so look, Davis spent some of this. week making his presence known at the. beginning of the week, for example, when. documentary filmmaker Michael Dorsey was. on the stand, Davis actually shouted out. from the defense table. Defense attorney. Michael Sampt was arguing about the role. of the interviewer in the Death Row. Chronicles recordings, and his defense.

attorney couldn't remember the. interviewer's name, so Davis actually. filled in the blank, and it was picked. up on a hot mic. >> The topic of what we're doing now is. this. Mr. Dorsey gets up there and testifies that. he says, "Look, my job, from what I. understand, was to listen in to the. interview that's being conducted between. Mr. Davis and the interviewer, which. What. And. and he's supposed to be there to really. sort of make sure that.

Mr. Davis is not lying or saying. something that's off from what he. understands 2008 proper session to be. that recording. >> Yeah, that was Davis apparently trying. to help his. own attorney from the defense table. And. then there was the restroom break. moment. Yeah, the judge asked the jury. if they needed a break. They didn't. Davis did, so instead of leaning over. and quietly telling his attorney, he. raised his hand, waving his arm to get. the judge's attention. >> Um, let's see. We've been going for. about an hour and a half. Ladies and.

gentlemen of the jury, do you guys have. to take a restroom break? Anyone? Raise. your hand. Okay. If you wanted to just do maybe another. half hour and then we'll take our lunch. break. >> Sure. >> Okay. Perfect. Do you need to. Okay. All right. We will have to take. our break now. So, um, we will take a. recess. During the recess, you are. admonished not to talk or converse. amongst yourselves or with anyone else. on any subject connected with the trial. or read, watch, or listen to any report. or commentary on the trial or any person.

connected with this case by any means of. information including without limitation. newspaper, television, internet, radio, or form or express any opinion on any. subject connected with the trial until. it is submitted to you. Please rise for. the jury. We'll see you guys back here. at, let's say, 11:40. >> Yeah, so Davis inserting himself into. the proceedings has become a theme. throughout this trial. But, while Davis. was making his presence known in the. courtroom, there was a lot of actual. legal fireworks happening this week. The. prosecution called several key witnesses. in their final push. The defense even. called witnesses of their own. And when.

the dust settled, both sides rested. Now, before we jump into this, okay? We. got a lot to go into. We can't show you every piece of. evidence in a big case like this. But, what I can tell you is you go to the. case file section on the Law Crime Plus. app, everything's there. We are opening. up the evidence vault so you can inspect. raw body cam footage and 911 calls, crime scene photos, full trial tapes, all first hand, all on these big cases. Plus, you get ad-free streaming of all. your favorite Law Crime and Court TV.

shows. But, you can see the full picture. for an entire month free. Head on over. to lawcrimeplus.com, enter promo code sidebar, start. exploring today. Okay, so let's start. where where we left off, okay? So, the. prosecution was wrapping up its case and. they called a series of witnesses to. shore up these key pieces of their. narrative. But before we get into the. final witnesses, there is one more piece. of. courtroom drama that we need to talk. about. This was the cross-examination. of Michael Dorsey. So, Dorsey is the.

documentary filmmaker who worked on. Death Row Chronicles, and he was hired. to listen in on Davis's interviews from. a separate room to verify that Davis was. telling the truth. But Dorsey didn't. just listen. He recorded everything with. his phone, including conversations. between Davis and his attorney. And when. Dorsey took the stand, first outside the. presence of the jury in order for the. judge to make a key ruling on some. evidence, the defense went after him. hard regarding this alleged secret. recording he apparently took during the.

filming of Death Row Chronicles, and the. prosecutor actually objected to the. defense's line of questioning. >> Mr. Dorsey, you've never met. Mr. Davis before. >> Um we've never met. We've seen each. other before. >> Okay. So, on the day of the recording, you made it a point to not run into Mr. Davis. Fair? >> Correct. >> You were actually in this other room. >> That's correct. >> And you're there just with headphones. on. >> Uh yes. >> So, >> And I saw him walk by. I know you're. disagreeing with me right now. I watched. him go by. >> Sure. And that's fine. >> And he looked at me.

>> Okay. Are you done with the answer? >> Yeah, sure am. >> Okay. Now, in terms of your um. your work, I want to make sure I'm. clear. Are you working as an an employee. of BET? >> No. >> Okay. What are you at that point? >> I am a contract employee, work for hire. as a technical consultant for. specifically this production. I'm not. hired by BET. I'm hired by the. production company. >> By the production company. >> Yes, sir. >> And that's uh Entertainment One? >> Entertainment One and Creature Films. like a subsidiary of Entertainment One.

>> All right. And then in terms of your uh. work with Entertainment One, that was. bound with a confidential agreement, right? >> Uh yes. >> Do you have proof right now that you're. no longer bound to that agreement? >> I do. I have uh a um letter from a. attorney at Paramount Pictures, which. owns BET, approving me sharing uh my. information. And then I also have an. email from Mark Ford, the head of. Creature Films, also saying he had no. objection. >> Okay. So, in in your work with. Entertainment One, um.

what you basically do, do you just you. have the your phone or whatever. recording device down next to the. monitor in which you're listening to a. conversation. >> You cannot tell us who's where in your. recording, correct? >> Correct. >> You just hear noises, right? >> That's right. >> Now, in terms of the actual recording. itself, as the individuals sitting. there, are they sitting with mics on. their lapels as they're sitting there. being interviewed by that person? >> Um. what you mean the person conducting the. interview, is he wearing a mic? >> Is he wearing a mic and is the person. that he's interviewing wearing a mic?

>> Um. I don't I don't know if the Mario Diaz, for example, is conducting the. interview. I don't know if he was. wearing a lapel mic, but there would be. two mics in the room minimum. There. would be a lapel mic on Keefe D, and. then there would be a shotgun mic over. him that is kind of capturing everything. else in the room. >> Right. And so, in terms of what you're. recording, you don't know, for instance, if the cameras are on and off because. you're actually just listening to sound. >> That's correct. >> Uh and in terms of the um. the interview, you understand that Wayne. Jenkins was in the room as well as.

>> Yes. Yes, he was there for the entire first. interview, and then he was like 10. minutes late to the second interview. >> All right. Now, um before we are. listening to this, are there any moments. at all where where um Mr. Davis is. talking loudly during what you would. think would be a private conversation? >> Um. loudly? He's just using a normal indoor voice is. what I would say. >> Okay. And then when you say that there. was this uh statement that this is a hot. mic, >> Yes. >> fair to say that that was a reminder to.

whoever he's talking to that hey, this. should be kept private. >> Correct. >> All right. >> Yeah. >> So, there were times where there was an. understanding or at least. an idea that what they were going to. have a conversation about. >> There There was one time. That was the. only time. >> Now, after you had recorded what you did. in this case, which is the entire thing. >> Correct. >> You never had his permission to record. all of it, right? >> Uh I didn't need his permission. >> Why? >> Because he's there to be recorded. He's. got mics on him. He has lights and a. camera pointed at him. He's in a. production studio. I'm officially hired.

on as a uh crew member. I'm allowed to. do whatever I want. >> No, no, no. Let's back up here for a quick second. here. Sure. You're a crew member, but. you don't own the rights to the. production itself, right? >> Correct. >> And you don't don't own the rights in. terms of what the camera angles are or. anything along those lines. >> That's correct. I could not put this on. YouTube and profit from it. >> Okay, well, back up here again. I want. to make sure I'm clear. Did you take. that audio recording that you made and. give it to either Entertainment One or. any of the subsidiaries in this case? >> No. >> Okay, so you basically took something.

that you didn't have permission to take. >> That's not true. >> Okay, well, back up here. Tell me who. you got permission from. >> I didn't need permission. Do you. understand? There's no permission needed. for that. I'm there to do it. I made the. recording because he showed up for the. first interview not ready for his. interview to be conducted, so I knew it. was going to be broken up into two days. So, I said, "I'm going to make a. recording of this so that I can make. sure we answer the we ask the correct. follow-up questions when we come back.". That's the only reason I made this. recording. >> But you're not the contract person. You. You don't have contract with. >> I apologize. We're We're way afield of.

the issues that the court has needs to. rule upon. This sounds like. cross-examination for a jury. >> Now, after the judge made a ruling that. the attorney-client privilege didn't. apply because Davis was in a recording. studio and he had signed a release, the. jury was brought back in. And when this. cross-examination continued, this is when things got really. contentious. >> Did you verify any of the information. that he gave you? >> What do you mean? >> Well, the information that you learned.

in this case, right? >> That who gave me? >> Well, the information that you learned. from either their listing of the 2008. proper or in the interview with Mr. Davis. Did you go out and conduct your. own investigation to verify the. information? >> Sure, I went through Well, again, I had. unfettered access to the case files, and. there's lots of corroborating evidence. in those case files. >> Now, when you say the case files, and I. want to make sure I'm clear here. >> Sure. >> You're talking about Greg Kading. >> Yes. >> And you're talking about Greg Kading, who was former LAPD. >> Well, not just talking about Greg. Kading. I'm talking about everything.

>> You have to answer the question I asked. you. Answer the question. >> I am. You're trying to phrase it in a. certain way. Not just Greg Kading. It's. not just his files. In fact, the. majority of them are from detectives. that came before him. Including Las Vegas police files. >> All right. Um. what detectives are you talking about. before Greg Kading? >> Sure. Um a lot of the biggie detectives. had gathered evidence. Don't shake your. head. A lot of biggie detectives. gathered evidence. Geez, man. A lot of. biggie detectives that gathered evidence. that would pertain to the Tupac case.

because the two cases it became known or. believed were connected. So, they had. informants coming forward to them on the. Biggie case that were saying, "Hey, these two things are connected.". >> Okay. And once again, evidence or. information that would have gone to the. detective, right? >> Eventually to Greg Kading and his team. of detectives, yes. >> Once again, you have to understand uh. Greg Kading was not responsible for the. investigation of the Tupac murder. >> Correct. >> He was part of the. uh. task force or specifically for the.

Biggie Smalls murder. >> That's correct. >> And you are aware at some point he's. removed from that task force, right? >> Uh yes. >> The defense kept pressing Dorsey, even. accusing Greg Kading of literally. stealing the Tupac file, but Dorsey. wasn't having any of that. >> Uh yes. >> And one of the things he does is he. steals the Tupac file. >> I object to the word steals. >> I'm sorry. He borrows. >> I just I mean, I'm not objec- I don't. mean it like a legal sense I object to. This is a person I object to.

>> I guess I would. >> I'm not raising an objection. I I I. I take issue with the word steal. >> Okay. >> Any detective can take case files with. them when they leave the department. It. happens all the time. It's extremely. common. In fact, I just did a a series. on Ted Bundy last year based on the same. exact thing where the lead detectives on. the Bundy case in the '70s took a box of. files with him. And we were able to. obtain those files when we made a show. about Bundy based on his files. >> Are you a detective, sir? >> No. >> So, you can't sit here and tell us what.

a detective can and cannot do. Fair? You're not a detective. >> Like legally I can't say that. I can say. based on my experience as a true crime. producer for the past 20 years, it's. very common in my line of work to come. across files that detectives have taken. home with them. >> So, I want to make sure I'm clear. You're telling us that detective Kading. took a file that he wasn't even part of. the investigation on. That's You're saying that that's what. happened here? >> Well, the judge I assume with fact, not. with evidence. >> No, no. I think you mentioned that,

judge. >> What do you mean? He took a file that. was not a case he didn't work? >> Yes. >> As soon as Keefe confessed to the. Tupac's murder, that he he they took. ownership of that case. And again, you're going to have to ask him that. question because I was not there for. that. >> So, um once again, that's something. you're saying that Greg Kading should. come here and testify to us. >> If he wants to, sure. >> And and once again, based upon your. research of this file for the 2 years. prior. to the documentary or the the project. that you were working on.

>> Yes, last Murder Rap, yes. >> Um you learned, of course, that Greg. Kading was basically. had issues with credibility. >> Objection, judge. We approach. >> And the cross-examination got so tense. that Dorsey snapped again. >> I I recall what the book says. specifically. >> All right. So, if you would determine. with me I think to that book right. there. So, page 96 we're looking at page 96 of. the book that you read.

to refresh your recollection. >> The page numbers might be different here. cuz this is the Kindle version, but let. me see. >> Can you just wait until I'm done with my. question, sir? >> Can you stop saying that to me, man? Geez, dude. Just having a normal. conversation with you. You don't have to. keep cutting me off and making me sound. like I'm eager. >> Now, that wasn't the only testimony the. jury heard this week. No, far from it. The prosecution called a series of. witnesses to tighten up key pieces of. their narrative. And who was the first. one? Well, he took the jury right back. to what allegedly happened in that car.

on September 7th, 1996. Tupac was killed. in Las Vegas this alleged drive-by. shooting. He was in this car. This. happened after this apparent altercation. at the MGM Grand where he was accused. along with Suge Knight of attacking. Orlando Anderson, Keffe D's nephew. So, the claim is is that Keffe D allegedly. orchestrated this revenge plot killing. Okay. So, this brings us to Malcolm. Greenidge. He's Tupac's cousin, member. of the Outlawz, this rap group that. Tupac was building before he was killed. His testimony, it put the jury right.

there in that car on the date of the. killing. So, Greenidge told the jury. that he came to Las Vegas for the Mike. Tyson fight. He was riding in a Lexus. with Tupac directly behind Suge Knight's. BMW. And when they stopped at the light. at Flamingo and Koval, he saw it happen. >> And when you saw the shooting, did. somebody get out of the car and start. shooting or were they shooting from. inside the vehicle? >> The shots came from inside the vehicle. >> And was it from the front or back seat? >> It was from the back seat.

>> And did you did you see the arm or the. gun or anything like that? >> Um the arm and. the gun attached to that arm. >> And uh were you able to make an. assessment of whether the person. uh whose arm was out was um white, Asian, Hispanic, or African-American? >> In terms of our vantage point, they. appeared to be African-American. >> After What's your reaction when you see.

the shots? >> Um. I'm horrified. >> Um. I'm sorry, I don't think I asked this. question. Who was in the Lexus with you. at that point? >> Um security, Frank Alexander, Yafeu. Fula, and Katar Cox. >> So, two other fellow members of the Outlawz, and then a security guard named Frank. Alexander. >> Right. >> Um. what do you guys do in the immediate.

aftermath of the shooting? >> Um. we started to get out of the car to go. check on. Tupac. And um. yeah. That's what we did. >> Um do all of you make it to Mr. Shakur, Mr. Knight's car? >> No. >> Does anybody make it to Mr. Shakur, Mr. Knight's car? What happens? >> Um Shug pulled off, made a U-turn. >> Uh do you. Do you guys follow them, or do you drive. off someplace else?

>> No, we followed them. >> And that's why you make Do you guys have. to make a U-turn to follow them? >> Right. >> Um. Does Mr. Knight's car stop ultimately on. in an at an intersection? >> It did. >> What happened? Are you following him to. that intersection? >> We were. >> What happens when you stop at that. intersection? >> We get out of the car to go check on. Tupac. >> And are you able to make it to Tupac's. vehicle? >> No. >> Uh why not?

>> Um when we approached the car, Mr. Shakur said to me, uh. "Get on the ground, they're going to. shoot you.". And um. when I turned around and there was a. shotgun in my face. >> And, uh, who, uh, who was holding the. shotgun? >> Police officer. >> So, what do you do? >> I got on the ground. >> That shotgun, held by a police officer. So, he hit the ground while first. responders rushed Tupac to the hospital.

Now, under cross-examination, the defense pressed Greenage on what he. could actually see. And, he seemingly. made a key admission. >> 4662. >> Correct. >> All right. >> Now, on the. the. the moment of the shooting, your testimony is you saw what you. believed to be a white.

Was it a white Cadillac? >> Correct. >> Um, now, do you recall giving a. statement to police officers that same. morning or so that you thought it. >> was either going to be a white or. cream-colored Cadillac, you didn't know. for sure. >> Um, I don't remember what my statement. was 30 years ago. >> Yeah, he admitted he didn't get a clear. look at the faces in the Cadillac, but. he was certain about one thing, the. shots came from the backseat. And in. redirect, the prosecution drove home the. point that he had been cooperating for. 30 years, so he'd have no reason to lie.

Now, here's where things get interesting. for the prosecution's case because the. jury also heard from a series of crime. scene analysts who searched Keefe D's. home back in July of 2023. Jeffrey Scott. was the first to testify, and he. responded to the search warrant at. Davis's Henderson residence and. documented what authorities one. investigators found. In the garage, detectives located this three-page. document. It was a proposal for an. episodic series, a TV show with a huge. budget. Listen to this.

>> Yes, it is. Without going, um, too much into it. Uh this appears to be a description of. an episodic series. >> Uh yes. >> And 58. Oops. Uh. well, generally speaking, page two.

is a ledger that has costs and those. type of things. >> Yes. Page two and three were uh. looks like a budget for the uh. for the series. >> And that's going to leave me just to. 59. Appears the total full budget was. slightly under a million dollars. >> That's correct. >> Thank you, Judge. >> Now, a tiny moment, but important.

because it shows Davis might have been. trying to make money off of his story. long before his arrest. Remember, the. defense claims you can't believe. anything he had to say. If any all these. narratives he made up, it's never been. corroborated. Was he just trying to do. it to get famous, to get money, to sell. a book? Now, Scott collected those. documents, entered them as evidence. Next up was Stevie Fellabaum, another. crime scene analyst. She took over the. scene, photographed the aftermath of the. search. And what she found in Davis's. bedroom was striking. Because there, on.

the dresser, was apparently a Vibe. magazine with Tupac Shakur on the cover. The November 1996 edition, published. right after Tupac's death. Right next to it, a copy of Davis's own. book, Compton Street Legend, and Greg. Kading's book, Murder Rap. >> Six is exhibit number 101. What are you looking at here?

>> That was a jacket in one of the closets. >> And. on the left, well, I guess we'll zoom in. just a little bit. On the left side looks like it says "Reg. 64 trays" and on the right side it says. "Keith DVD". >> Yes. >> And if we skip to 103,

the back of it is "Southside City. Compton". >> Yes. >> After you collect an item, do you. photograph it either at the scene or. back at the lab? >> Yes. >> Showing you 104. What are you looking at? >> That's the photograph that I took of the.

Compton Street Legend. book once I recovered it and taken it. back to the lab. >> And 105. >> That's the back of the same book. >> 106. >> That's the copy of the Vibe magazine. after I recovered it and taken it back. to the lab. >> And 107. >> That's the date and barcode on the.

cover. >> So, it looks like it's the November '96. edition of the Vibe magazine. >> Correct. >> Now, ma'am, previously you opened up Exhibit 148.

Is that your evidence package from that. night? >> Yes. >> And. among what else you you recovered, would. you expect to find both the book and the. Vibe magazine inside there had it still. been sealed? >> Yes. >> So, let me start first with the Vibe. magazine. This is state's proposed exhibit number. 140. And which is Do you recognize the bag on. the outside? >> Yes. >> And what is that?

>> Uh, that's the identifying information. that we put on interior packages to. include the event number, my P number. and initials, the date that it was. recovered, and the item number. >> That was on a jacket apparently found in. Davis's closet. KTD, Keffe D. And on the. back, Southside City of Compton. That's. apparently gang signage right there in. his closet. Now, the defense pressed. this witness about the timing of her. arrival, that she showed up after the. search had already started. She only. photographed rooms after officers had. already gone through them.

>> Now, in this case we've seen some. pictures of some books. and a jacket. Is that Is that correct? >> Yes, sir. >> And when you arrived on scene, you were. on scene for the late later half or the. latter half of the search. >> Yes. >> You weren't there for the beginning part. of the search. >> Yes. >> So, the photographs you took are. photographs that were of the areas in. the rooms in the house after the search. had been conducted. >> Yes. >> Fair to say, of course, is that um. each room was in disarray.

>> It already The search had already been. started, yes, sir. >> Yeah. And you don't know what they. looked like prior to you arriving on. scene, but definitely after there's. things strewn around. >> Yes. >> Uh, in your 90. years of experience as a crime scene. analyst, when officers are conducting a. search, they typically will be as. thorough as they can be to look through. everything in an area. >> Do they ever return those things back to. how they found it before. they entered into the say the room or. the house?

>> I would say it depends on the level to. which they've moved everything. >> If the entire closet has been emptied, they don't typically put everything. back. >> They They do not typically put. everything back. >> Not typically, no sir. >> But perhaps the most telling evidence. came from the two storage bins in the. garage. Why? Because inside those bins, there were apparently newspaper. clippings. And I mean dozens of them. All related to Tupac's killing. The. aftermath, the gang war that followed.

But Detective Justin Gattis testified. that she was present during that search. warrant. And she walked the jury through. what was recovered including a 1997. Compton Police Department search warrant. that had allegedly been kept all those. years. >> This item 136. >> Yes, it is. >> I don't know if I can explain it if you. just put up here cuz otherwise it's just. going to slide.

>> 136 is actually what appears to be uh. well, it says an affidavit and a search. warrant. >> Correct. >> From the Compton PD. >> Yes, sir. >> And it appears that it's dated May 27th. of 1997. >> Correct. >> It appears that it's at 1524 South. California Ave in Compton. >> Yes, sir.

>> And on the back, there is a handwritten. return. >> Yes, sir. >> One of the items that was recovered, it. says number four, money due bill for the. Monte Carlo Casino. >> Yes, sir. >> Let's go through the items that were in. this scrapbook and now I just messed up. the entire order, so. I think it doesn't matter which you. order.

Let me just show some of the newspaper. articles. So, state's exhibit number. 137 H. >> I'm sorry. You said 137? >> 137 H, did we? >> I don't have that listed as H. >> Didn't I offer everything 137 and 137 A. through U? >> You listed it, but did you ask for it to. be admitted? >> It'll be admitted at this time. >> Thank you. >> No objection, Your. >> Okay, perfect. By stipulation.

>> This appears to be a article about Mr. uh Shakur's death. >> Yes, sir. >> 137. G. Another one about the death of Mr.

Shakur and this one's actually dated. September 19th of '96. >> Yes, sir. >> 137 U. This is another. article that was found in there.

Talking about. uh Mr. Knight being kept in jail. >> Yes, sir. >> 137. appears to be.

a newspaper article about a bad rap for. new artists. >> That's correct. >> 137B. an article about. Mr. Shakur being in a fight with the. MGM. >> Yes, sir.

>> 137C. An article about a death row executive. leave and this is from September 14th of. 1996. >> Yes, sir. >> This one. This is 137D.

I don't want to peel it back, but. I guess we can peel that. It appears to be uh. the community mourns. um. and uh there's a picture of um. his death is going to send a strong. message to the rap community. It looks. like an article about death in the rap.

industry. >> So, Davis was apparently holding onto a. search warrant from 1997, just months. after Tupac's killing. And among the. items seized from that earlier search, a. money due bill from the Monte Carlo. Casino in Las Vegas. By the way, should. be noted there was a claim at one point. from Keffe D himself that he wasn't in. Las Vegas at the time of the Tupac. Shakur killing. But the defense had a. different line of questioning for Gates. because they wanted to know about the. chain of custody, who actually collected.

the evidence, who documented it, whether. there were any gaps. She wasn't the one. who signed the affidavit. And when it. came to the bins, the storage bins with. all those newspaper clippings, she. wasn't the one who went through them. either. >> Your testimony here was specifically. about the search warrant and what. happened when you located whatever it is. you located during the course of the. search warrant, right? >> Yes, sir. >> So, in the search warrant itself, did. you apply for that search warrant? >> No, I did not. >> Now, typically as a detective, when. you're applying for a search warrant, you fill out an affidavit. >> Yes, sir. >> And at the end you sign it attesting it.

to be true and correct to the best of. your ability. >> Yes, sir. >> And you detail in that search or that. application for a search warrant the. location and what you intend on finding. as a result of going into somebody's. house. >> Yes. >> Okay. That would be the purview of whoever the. lead detective is at that particular. time. >> Yeah, or who is um. just writing the search warrant. There's. a lot of times people write search. warrants and they're not lead. detectives, but yes, I I agree with what. you're saying for the most part.

>> And in this case, Detective Mangina was. the responsible detective to. petition for that search warrant. >> Yes, he was. >> And he was the one who signed that. affidavit. >> Yes, he was. >> Now, you were on scene as a detective to. help him with that with the execution of. the search warrant. >> Correct. >> And it isn't just you and Detective. Mangina, there's other people from Metro. that's present as well. >> Yes, sir. >> Other detectives as well. >> Yes, sir. >> Uh as well as a forensic analyst that we. had on scene. >> Yes. >> And they're all looking for information. >> Correct.

>> Now, the information that you're looking. for is based upon uh. my client's residence, right? Which date. is this residence? >> For that search warrant, yes. >> And you are looking for evidence that. would take you back 30 years to whether. or not. um that person was involved in the. murder of Tupac Shakur. >> Yes. >> Okay. So, the information that we've. received here today is the fruits of. your labor from that search warrant. >> Yes, sir. >> But here's what helps the prosecution, seemingly. Gaddis confirmed that Mogg. was the primary investigator from 2018.

until his retirement in August of 2023. And she testified that after he retired, he continued working the case as a DA. investigator. So, he stayed on this. From there, the jury heard from Mark. Hatton, a firearms expert with LVMPD. And he testified about the NIBIN. database. This is the National. Integrated Ballistic Information. Network. And his testimony was. straightforward, that in 1996, seven. cartridge cases were recovered from the. scene. They were entered into the system. in 2003. 20 years later, 2023, Hatton.

reentered them. The technology had. improved significantly over those 20. years, but the result was the same. >> Yes, I entered it into NIBIN myself. And. uh we did a nationwide search, and it. looked throughout the entire country. Um and then the NIBIN results uh. had no associations other to the. original entry from 2003. >> So, what you learned from NIBIN is when. you entered the cartridge in 2003, it. matched the cartridge you entered in.

2023. >> That's correct. >> But nationwide, uh it did not match any. other cartridge case that would that had. been previously entered into NIBIN. >> No, it did not. >> So, these seven cartridge casings, they. all came from the same gun. And that gun. has never been linked to any other. crime. So, that maybe helps the. prosecution because it supports their. theory that the weapon was used only. once in the Tupac shooting. However, we. all know that there's no murder weapon. in this case. Now, the final prosecution witness of.

the week was Robert Ladd, a retired. Compton gang detective with 32 years on. the job. And his testimony was arguably. some of the most damaging for the. defense because Ladd was a Compton gang. detective in the 1990s and he knew the. Southside Compton Crips intimately and. he knew Dwayne Keith "Keffe D" Davis. >> Now, in his later years after he became. the leader, whenever I'd see him, he'd. be nicely dressed. He'd have the brim. hat on and he wouldn't have anything.

gangster-like. He was always well-dressed. >> All right, so you're saying that Mr. Davis was a shot-caller within the. Southside Compton Crips. >> Absolutely, yes. >> And what does that mean? >> Well, he could tell the younger gangsters what. to do and if they don't listen, like I. just said, there's going to be severe. consequences. And all of a sudden we heard. a barrage of shots. We can hear them. hitting our car. Then heard about five or six shots,

right? So, after the shots stopped, we we looked at. each other, jumped out of the car, made. sure we all right, and we ran to where. the shots were coming from. And witnesses were pointing down the. street and I saw three male blacks. running down. towards a known gang hangout. So, these. guys. ran in there. We called the troops. We subsequently arrested Orlando. Anderson and two other people and during. their interviews, they said that was.

part of their initiation. They didn't have to be jumped in if they. tried to kill me and my partner. >> Ladd also testified about the Lakewood. Mall incident, so the fight where. Orlando Anderson and others allegedly. jumped a member of Suge Knight's. entourage. Ladd wasn't there, but as a. gang expert, he explained the. significance. >> It was a highly prized. medallion and these guys wore it like a. badge of honor. So, them try to steal. this chain and and beat up this subject,

it would be major display of disrespect. So, now this guy's got to go back to the. Mob Piru and Death Row Records and tell. them what happened. So, the next time. they see each other, it's going to be. on. He told me that they thought the. Southside Crips were responsible for the. shooting. >> And so, when he's telling you this, um do you now have to have a response to. this or why is he telling you. specifically to get ready?

>> Because when you disrespect and shoot. the biggest rap mogul on the planet and. the biggest rap star on the planet and. he surrounds himself with the Mob Piru, then there's going to be some sort of. retaliation. >> Gator right after the first shooting of. Darnell Brim. >> To me, there was no doubt in my mind. that the Southside Crips were. responsible because the Mob Piru had to. retaliate and they had 54 other gangs to.

choose from, but they went right after. the Southside Crips. So, there's no. doubt in my mind who's responsible for. shooting Tupac and Biggie Smalls. >> In cases in particular where witnesses. are scared to come out, is a defendant's. admission of committing a murder. powerful evidence used to prosecute? >> Yeah, that's that's a basically that's. how most of our gang crimes get solved. is by self- admission or incrimination. >> That's the prosecution's theory, right? That Davis was the shot caller, that he.

was in the car, that he authorized the. shooting, that his nephew Orlando. Anderson pulled the trigger. And after. Ladd's testimony, that is when the. prosecution rested its case. Then it was. time for the defense and they called. three witnesses, all with the same goal, to poke holes in the prosecution's. timeline and suggests that maybe, just. maybe, there is another white Cadillac. out there. So, first up was Stan Height, a former LVMPD sergeant who was working. a very specific detail on September 7th,

1996. He was at Suge Knight's residence. >> On this particular night? >> It was a night that Mike Tyson was. fighting and it was uh. uh. collective. uh. people getting together for partying. We. wanted to keep the peace, basically. Keep things. civil. Uh I was with another officer and. we were at a gate and we basically. stayed at the gate while entourage of. vehicles came through. Approximately 15 vehicles came through. and the last one being Suge Knight's. >> Okay. Now, with regard to the the.

entourage of vehicles, where did they. go? >> Into into the gate into the I never went. in through the gate, so I didn't see. where they went after they entered the. gate. >> Okay. And with regard to the vehicles that. went in, did you recognize or get note. of any of the vehicles that were in. there? >> The last one was Suge Knight's uh it was. a cream-colored Cadillac. >> Okay. Um. And I'm sorry, I just want to make sure. the last one that you had was a green uh. cream-colored Cadillac. >> Yes.

>> Um and why do you remember that vehicle? >> Just pointed out to me at the time. It. was occupied by two black males. >> Okay. >> And uh I didn't know Suge Suge Knight at. the time. I was kind of, you know, interested in I I was looking for uh. Tyson at the time and they just pointed. that vehicle out to me as Suge Knight's. >> Next up, Charlie Mangrum, another. officer working the same detail at. Suge's residence. And his detail and his. testimony added more detail.

>> Uh. about 10:10 to 10:15. uh. Suge Knight uh driving a uh. BMW, blue BMW, with uh Tupac in the. passenger seat. Uh came to the gate. and uh. followed by, I believe, probably. five or six other vehicles in line, which I described in my oral report. >> Okay. Now, um just to make sure I'm. clear with the oral report, you don't.

have to do that right now, but but. regards to oral report, uh is that. something that you do as a police. officer is write a a report? >> Yes. >> Now, in this case, obviously you're just. working you're just helping. with potentially a party that takes. place. There's no party that takes. place, right? >> No. >> Um were you asked by anyone to write a. officer's report after your your time. working on this particular night? >> Yes, I was. I I don't recall who that. was, though. >> That's that's fine. And so, the. officer's report you wrote, fair to say.

that that's something that you have done. throughout your career as a police. officer. >> Absolutely. >> And what's the reason for an officer's. report? >> Documentation. Uh. so that in the future if you have. something to go on, if need be. >> Now, with regards to your recollection. for that night, did you uh. what were the other vehicles that you. remember. entering into the residence area of Suge. Knight and leaving the area of Suge. Knight's residence? >> Well, there uh.

Suge and and Tupac were there. approximately 30 minutes. and they exited back out followed by. a green color Cadillac, a compact. uh vehicle that was occupied by four. females, um. and uh. a few other. uh vehicles that I have to refer to my. officer's report on. But, uh later on, following. uh. following uh.

uh the time that uh. Tupac and Suge left, uh Mike Tyson. uh. showed up. uh. as a passenger in a Bentley. followed by another Bentley that I. believe was uh. uh. Don King's son. And we informed them that Suge Knight uh. had told us that the party was no longer. going to happen. >> I see.

>> And then they turned around and left. >> Under cross-examination, the prosecution. pressed Mangrum on one key detail. The. white Cadillac leaving the gate. >> White Cadillac. left uh. that guard gate. >> It was occupied by two black males as. well. >> Yes. >> The defense's final witness was Dan. Long, a former LVMPD detective who. actually investigated Tupac Shakur case. starting in 2004. His testimony was. perhaps the most significant for the.

defense because Long was in the gang. unit on the night of the shooting. And. he apparently heard the gunshots, rushed. to the scene but it's what happened. years later that really matters. >> Uh my sergeant. uh Kevin Manning handed me the file and. said I would follow up any. further leads. >> All right. And can you explain to us a. little bit about how that works? You're. a detective. The file had been with. somebody else prior, Detective Becker. >> Yeah, Detective Becker and Detective.

Mike Franks. >> And now you have the file. So, what do. you do with the detective when you're. handed a file that's already been worked. on? >> You read it. You read it. I went through the. pictures. I then uh discussed it with my. sergeant. I went down to California. Um there was. a lot in that file and I didn't. I didn't know Compton very well. Uh I didn't know Compton at all. So, I went down. I had ridden in the. gang uh unit with uh. gang detectives.

and I knew them still. so I called and. said, "Can you take me around and show. me these things?". So, we drove around Compton, and they. showed me uh houses where the Compton. Crips lived. They showed me uh. where Orlando Anderson died. They showed. me a lot of different things. >> And Long also testified about a crucial. moment in 2009 when he sat down with. Keefe D himself. >> Myself and my Lieutenant Lou Roberts uh. made a drive after I received the phone.

call. uh saying that there's somebody that. wanted to give information about Tupac. and Tupac's murder. Uh. we then drove down on the morning of. September 9th. Uh they wanted us to meet them at the. Homicide office, which is at 1340. West 6th Street in LA, which is about six blocks from Plaza. One. Uh. we met them there. I would then uh. met Detective Darren Dupree,

and he told me that uh. Dwayne Davis, uh also known as Keefe, uh. was. uh was in the interview room. He had his. attorney present uh whose name was. Wayne Higgins, and we were going to go in and he was. going to give me information. And. uh. he further explained that Keefe had got. caught with a large amount of narcotics.

and was trying to work off those. charges. >> Now, sir, and just to catch you off of that part, I apologize. But with regards to that information, at. some point you conducted an interview. in that room. >> Yes, sir. >> Uh with Mr. Davis? >> With Mr. Davis, with his attorney. Uh my Lieutenant didn't want to go in, so Darren Dupree agreed to go with me. >> All right. And uh there was a recording. Did you record the the the meeting? >> I did. >> Okay. And is that just standard. operating procedure for what you do as a. detective?

>> Yes, but I was told that they were going. to record it also. But uh I wanted to record it myself. That way I have it in my hands. >> Okay. And um during the course of that. meeting you learned information, right? >> Yes, sir. >> Now, can you tell us a little bit about. the interaction here? Um were you ever. asked to leave the room? >> Yes, sir. >> Uh. can you tell us why you were asked to. leave the room? >> Uh Mr. uh Davis became very nervous. I. was asking questions that he didn't uh.

feel comfortable with, which is. to be expected. Um and he asked me to leave the room. He. wanted to talk to his attorney and he. wanted to talk to uh Detective Dupree. I then stepped out of the room for. not very long, and then they asked me to come back in. >> Did Was there ever a time that you left. the room and was accompanied by Mr. Dupree and only had Mr. Higgins and Mr. Davis in the room by themselves?

>> I don't recall that. >> Okay. So, every time you left, Mr. Dupree was. in the room with Mr. Higgins and Mr. Davis. >> Yes, sir. >> Now, at some point you were able to. learn some information. >> From Mr. Davis? >> Yes. >> Yes, sir. >> Uh when you came back, did you. corroborate any of the information? >> I tried. >> Okay. And what what did you do? What. What happened to communicate? >> During the interview uh.

Mr. Davis indicated first. that Orlando Anderson or Baby Lane had. been beat up at the MGM, which we all. had video of. I think everybody on the planet has seen. this video. Uh he was then complaining that his arm. was either broken or out of socket. He first told me that uh they had gone. back to California and had gone to the. hospital in California. But he said they. went to. the hospital on Maryland Parkway.

And the hospital on Maryland Parkway is. Sunrise. And that he had gotten a sling for his. arm. So, I filled out a subpoena and I wanted. to know if Orlando had signed in, was examined. in any fashion. And now we're talking. This is 2009. We're talking about. somebody coming into the emergency room. in 1996. So, uh. I I didn't find anything.

Uh they couldn't apply They couldn't. give me anything with Orlando's name on. it. >> And under cross-examination, Long made a stunning admission. And. you know. uh or at least you believe you'd agree. with me that Mr. Davis was a suspect in. your homicide, not a witness. >> Yes, sir. >> And by the end of that interview, what is your intent?

>> My intent was to drive back to Las. Vegas, type up an arrest warrant for an arrest, clear it with the district attorney, and have Mr. Davis arrested for murder. >> Now, at that point, did you. and. members of my team have an opportunity. to actually listen to the recording? >> Yes, sir. >> And we heard the section where you're. not in the room, correct?

>> That's correct. So, we brought the. recording and the transcription over. the DA reviewed it, and they invited me. over, and they told me that they were. not going to go forward. with prosecution at that time because. they're. >> Let me add you that. That's a lot of. complications. >> ask you this way. Were you directed to. find out the circumstances. of why it was that a suspect in our. homicide was in a room with his lawyer.

and a task force officer having that. conversation? >> Yes, sir. >> And at this point, you've been told. there might be a proper somewhere out. there in 2008. >> Yes, sir. That's correct. >> And proper is already between lawyers. and sovereigns, correct? >> That's correct. >> So, it's either out of the US Attorney's. Office or the Los Angeles District. Attorney's Office, but it certainly. wasn't the state of Nevada or the Clark. County District Attorney's Office. >> That's correct. >> And did you make efforts to find out.

from Wayne Higgins what the nature of. that. uh. uh agreement was between him and some. other sovereign? >> Yes, uh Mr. Higgins as well as others. Yes. >> And you would agree with me that Mr. Higgins wouldn't return our calls. >> That's correct. >> Uh did you attempt to contact US. Attorney C Wright? >> Yes. >> And you would agree with me Mr. US. Attorney C Wright at least at that time.

uh would not return our calls. >> Correct. >> But on redirect, the defense wanted to. remind the jury about something. important. Yes, there were a lot of. confessions, maybe arguably false. confessions over the years, but when. you're a detective, you don't just take. someone's word for it. >> Was there Did you ever have when you. reviewed the file of this case. there any um. people calling in saying that they did. it did the murder? >> Sure. >> I mean. can you give us a like a a number or.

an amount? >> I I. There was a lot. There was There was. quite a few. Um. I mean I I had information Bill Clinton. had him killed. I mean, there was a No, we did not. follow up on. Uh I There was a lot of calls, a lot of. people claiming to have been involved. I would No. >> Yeah. And uh fair to say though. >> Most of the time they couldn't get any. of the information correct.

>> Right. Um and so when you're. determining, for instance, a confession, what are you looking for? Like, someone says, "I confess this.". What information do you use to determine. whether it's correct or not? >> Uh there like. What kind of vehicle were you in? How. did the shooting occur? What kind of. firearm was it? Where did you go from. there? Uh. What preceded it? How did you. All of it. I mean, anything that you can. that you can find as in facts,

you you want to connect to them. Um I'm. behind the eight ball because I'm. what, 15 years after the fact or 14. years after the fact trying to. corroborate different things. Um. but I I mean, I made the attempts. >> After Long's testimony, the defense. rested. And Davis chose not to take the. stand. So, that's where the case is. right now, right? Both sides rested. It's going to be up to the jury after.

closing arguments. But here's the thing. As much as we love highlighting the. legal strategy here on Sidebar, we. cannot forget the victim in this. We. cannot forget to honor what this case is. all about, the young man at the center. of this whose life was taken tragically. way too soon, Tupac Shakur. We had the. chance to sit down with another member. of his family, Aisha T. Obafemi. She's. Tupac's cousin, a board member of the. Tupac Shakur Foundation, the author of A.

Light on a Hill. All the book proceeds. go to the foundation. And she shared. with us what she wants the world to. remember about Tupac Shakur. >> I think that if he were here today. as an evolved, elevated, you know, older. man now, you know, this year was his. 55th birthday. Um. So, of course, he'd have more more to. give, more knowledge, you know, more.

education for the people. Um. And I think it would be. everyone would be pleasantly surprised. at. his impact and who he would be at this. time. >> I I I don't disagree with you. And what. I think is amazing, he's so relevant. even to this day. Like, his music is. still having an impact. His name still. has an impact. That is not the case for. other people. What do you think it was. about Tupac that.

his. his name, his his spirit, his impact is. still, you know, affecting a whole new. generation who didn't even know him. Why. do you think that is? What makes him so. special? >> Mhm. Well, he was a special individual. Um. >> Yeah. >> You know, and always was, you know, from. a child. Um. Well, what makes him special? A lot of it is the way we were raised. Um.

And we believe in family and the. community and the community as a family. So, it's not just about him. You know, so he always wanted to ensure that he. was impacting those around him. Whether. he, you know, just met them and, you. know, had an interaction for 5 minutes. or it was someone he knew his whole. life, and he was able to impact them. daily by, you know, just speaking to. them, talking to them, you know, and. having conversations. I remember the last conversation.

It was actually um, September 4th, 1996 after the MTV VMA. Awards. Um, I was living in New York cuz we all. are from there. Um, and he was there for the VMAs. and called me after to meet up with him. to hang out, but I was already in the. bed. And so, you know, a little back and. forth, "Come, come, come." "No, I got to. work tomorrow.". You know, um, and we said, you know, "I.

love you" to each other and. that was the last conversation. >> You know, one of the things that I've. learned, uh, is that despite how famous Tupac become, how it became, how successful he was, he remained the same person. I mean, that's what I keep hearing. That despite. it, he was still the same Tupac. Is that. what your experience was? >> Oh, for sure. >> Yeah. >> Yes. >> Yeah. Yeah. And if family even family was so. important to him and and wanted and like. was he ever would did he ever like tell.

you like I can't believe that this is. happening? Like how big his name was? >> No, he didn't say that. We used to joke. Um, >> Oh, yeah. >> I used to joke with him and say, "Oh, don't nobody like you. You think. you, you know, you ain't really popular. now, you know." Like mess with him, you. know. >> Yeah. >> Um, you know, being playful. He like, "What?". I was like, "Yeah." Meanwhile, I have. friends like, "Oh my god, he's so cute. and he's so this and I love him and his. music." And you know, very impactful.

So, yeah. It was my job just to tease. him a bit, you know. You know, he he was very keen on young. people. um, ensuring that they had what they. needed to succeed in life. Um, and, you. know, we continue the work that he. wanted to do with the Tupac Amaru Shakur. Foundation that I'm also a board member. on. And, you know, it's things like making. sure that there's music in schools, that, you know, people who want to be. artists and you know, who want to do.

that have the opportunity to play an. instrument, you know, to even receive an. instrument. You know, music in schools. is not as prevalent, you know, in a lot. of schools anymore as it used to be. I. think it's harder and harder for young. people to find their footing and you. know, get what they need from, you know, these educational institutions. And so, that's one of the things that we work. on. And as far as him being. misunderstood,

Tupac was 25 when he left this earth. You know, and as a young man living your. life in the spotlight, you know, people. need to think about that. As a young man. from 21 to 23, 22 to 24, what were you doing. and not having to live your life in. public, you know, that people could. judge you on? Being a young man, you know, and I think. that's important. He was wiser than his. years, but he was still a young man.

You know, we we. we never know what's going to happen. You know, nothing is promised. Um I. believe in a higher power, so I believe. that, you know, God or the most high, whatever name you choose to call him, you know, knows best. Although Tupac. doesn't. live physically anymore, he still lives. I talk to him often. >> Do you? >> What do you think about this? Yeah, you. know, um.

because he's still here. His pres- his. spirit is still present. You know, is it. hard for the family? Of course it is. You know, because. we would love to see him, to hug him, you know, to hear that voice. Um. and. it has been difficult, but there are also times, you know, we. can laugh and just reminisce on the. memories. And having memories. really.

really helps. >> Just want to thank Aisha again. That was. so insightful. I really appreciate her. taking the time to talk more about Tupac. Shakur. You know this can't be easy for. the family. It's all we have for you right now here. on Sidebar, everybody. Thank you so much. for joining us and as always, please. subscribe on YouTube, Apple Podcast, Spotify, wherever you should get your. podcast. You can also check us out on. NBC's Peacock. And if you want to follow. me, X, Instagram, my NewsNation show, Jesse Weber LIVE, Monday through Friday, 11:00 p.m. Eastern. See you next time, everybody.