Shocking Tupac Murder Confession Revealed in Court

We did the other one. >> He said, "We did the other one.". >> For years, Dwayne Kefei Davis denied any. involvement in Tupac Shakur's killing. But in 2008, according to a former LAPD. detective, he admitted his role not to. police investigating Tupac's death, but. to a task force that was looking into. the murder of notorious B.I. >> Mr. Anderson grabbed a gun and shot. across Mr. Smith into Mr. Knight's car.

that Mr. Tupac Shakur was in. >> We're going to break down the biggest. moments from another day in this trial. as the prosecution seeks to use Davis's. own words to convict him. And we are. also going to sit down with someone who. knew Tupac Shakur personally. Jamila. Barnes, Tupac's cousin. Welcome to. Sidebar presented by Law and Crime. I'm. Jesse Weber. Okay, so we're back with more from Las. Vegas, Nevada. This is where the Tupac.

Shakur murder trial is now in its fourth. day and we have even more key testimony. to break down and this is coming really. at the end of the third day. We really. don't want you to miss it. So, the. prosecution put two witnesses on the. stand who may have completely changed. the whole trajectory of this entire. case. One of them, a former LAPD. detective, testified that Dwayne Kefei. D. Davis, the defendant, actually. admitted to his role in Tupac's murder.

And remember, prosecutors say he didn't. actually pull the trigger, but that he. orchestrated this driveby shooting back. in 1996. Now, here's the twist. It. wasn't a confession to the police that. were investigating Tupac's death. specifically. Know this allegedly came. during a proper interview with the feds. who were actually investigating the. killing of another bigname rapper. Tupac's friend turned rival Notorious. B.I. and the man who heard it a former. LAPD detective named Darren Dri. Now.

before we get to that, okay, we also. heard from a former FBI agent who sat. down with Davis back in 1998. And what Davis allegedly told him back. then was a very different story. This. kind of goes to what the defense has. been saying, right? Their argument is. you can't believe Dwayne Key D. Davis. You can't believe our client. He had. changing stories. You didn't corroborate. what he said. He exaggerated what he. said for, you know, to sell a memoir, to.

sell a book, you know, attention, things. like that. Now, before we jump into. this, I got to let you know this is a. very big case that we're following here. on Sidebar. Like, we cover a lot of big. cases. We're kind of limited in. everything we can show you, every piece. of footage, every document. So, if you. haven't heard yet, you can look at. everything, the totality of the case on. the case file section of the Long Crime. Plus app. Okay? So, we are opening up. the evidence vault, so you can inspect. the raw body cam footage, the 911 calls, the crime scene photos, the full trial.

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up getting indicted on these drug. charges, allegedly trafficking 2 kg of. cocaine. Davis was facing some serious. prison time. So, in the summer of 1998, Davis apparently sat down for what's. called a profer interview. It's. essentially a meeting between a suspect, potentially a defendant, and law. enforcement. And this is a meeting where. someone would offer information, seemingly in exchange for leniency, possibly avoiding prosecution. altogether. The statements really.

wouldn't be used against them, at least. in that prosecution. And during that. conversation, Lee reportedly asked Davis. about the Tupac Shakur killing. What was. Davis's response? Denied any. involvement. Said he wasn't there, that. he didn't know who did it. And in fact, he seemingly pointed the finger at. someone else. And we've talked a bit. about this in other sidebar updates. According to this witness, he suggested. that corrupt Compton police officers. working for Suge Knight might have been.

responsible. Remember, Suge Knight has. long been accused of being an affiliate. uh or a member of the Mob Pyu Bloods, this what appears to be rival gang or. was a rival gang to Davis's Southside. Crips. So, when Davis seemingly points. the finger at other people, he's I guess. the argument would be accusing his own. enemies. But there is something that you. need to understand about the timing. here. So, by this point, 1998, rumors. had already been swirling about who. could have been involved in Tupac's.

killing. This was going on for years and. people were talking about the Southside. Compton Crips being involved. And that's. what makes Davis's denial so. interesting. Okay. But before getting to. that denial, Lee testified about what. Davis allegedly told him regarding death. row records and drug trafficking. >> as the gang activity and things of that. nature. He mentioned uh. there was an individual by the name uh. of uh. uh Harry O that provided money to start.

start the the organ the death row. records uh. also uh what's his name uh I believe. Patrick Johnson uh provided. approximately $80,000. uh actually told Davis to give $80,000. that money uh that Davis owed to Johnson. from a previous game track transactions. to Johnson's girlfriend so that money. could be uh used to start Death Row. Records. >> And he also explains Marian Suge.

Knight's role and his connection to the. Blood Gang members. >> Uh yes, he did. Uh he said that uh. Marian Knight had gained control of the. North Compton drug trade and that he was. associated with a bunch of the blood. street gang members uh like the mob pyus. and such. Um and they were, you know, getting, you know, then Knight was. getting them in and out of getting them. out of jail, bailing them out, and they. were they would cooperate with with uh.

Knight. And basically when Knight goes to. prison, he tells you Reggie Wright kind. of takes over. >> Yeah. Reggie Wright Jr. took over the. organization after Suge Knight was. arrested. >> So it appears according to Lee's. testimony, Davis was telling the FBI and. Death Row Records was built on drug. money, seemingly corroborating that it. was more than just a record label. And. then came the questions about Tupac. Shakur and his death. So here is what. Lee says that Davis allegedly told him.

in that 1998 interview. And then he. talks. a little bit of the gang war uh that. occurs shortly after the murder of Tupac. Shakur. Uh yes. U basically he said that there. was a conflict in between Davis and Mr. Marian Knight uh that resulted uh as as. a result of the shootings uh that the. conf there was a basically a war going. on between Southside Compton Crips and.

Compton uh blood pirate gang members uh. from stemming from the mall altercation. with Marcus Nun and Orlando Anderson, other members of uh Southside Compton. Crips along with the Compton Blood gang. members. and he claims the reason that. people. believe that Orlando Anderson is the. killer is that he asserts the Compton. police is telling people that. >> that's correct. He made he made comments.

that uh you believe that Compton PD. members were putting out rumors that uh. Orlando Anderson and them were involved. Um, do you confront him about. Mr. Anderson, the attack and him being. upset. uh about that particular attack? >> Well, I mean, we asked we asked him. about that about the whole escalation of. incidents uh because of the gang.

activity, the incident at the mall then. at the MGM Grand uh then obviously the. shooting of Tupac and things of that. nature. Uh Mr. Davis said that Davis and. Anderson were upset after the casino's. attack on Anderson, but they weren't. going to strike back with so many police. officers around that they would have. struck back once they returned to. Compton. >> So, he indicates to you that he's angry. enough to do it. It's just he planned on. doing it back in Compton, which uh.

instead of in Las Vegas. >> Yeah. If they were, but apparently it. was because of police presence in the. area, something of that nature. Yeah, according to Lee, Davis admitted he was. angry enough to retaliate, but claimed. he wanted to do it in Compton, not Las. Vegas. Also apparently said Compton PD. were spreading rumors that his nephew. Orlando Anderson was the killer. But. when Davis's defense attorney had the. opportunity to question Lee, they. hammered him on this, criticizing his.

investigation or maybe, according to the. defense, a lack thereof. Did you ever. verify. the information in here specifically. about. allegations of uh Tupac Shakur's murder? >> Verify in terms of what? >> Well, for instance, um in the document. that would have been the um year 302. that's dated as of se or July 14th, 1998. Uh there's an indication here for.

instance that uh at the Las Vegas Casino. Davis Anderson Davis's girlfriend and. Anderson's girlfriend walked or went up. to their hotel room at the Excalibur. Casino. Now once again, this is 1998. The death of Tupac Shakur was in. September of 1996, >> right? Did you ever verify that. information with Las Vegas to see if. either um and in this case the what the. 302 indicates is that the room was in. Anderson's name. Did you verify that to.

be true? >> I did not specifically know. >> Okay. And then with regards to the way. in which he describes meaning Mr. Davis. how they got to Las Vegas, he says in. here that they drove to Las Vegas in a. Land Cruiser. Any particular reason? Um, I mean, did he have a Land Cruiser? Do. you Was there any verification of that. information? >> I did not verify that. >> Now, in addition to that, um, he. indicated that Corey Edwards, Kevin. Davis, Terry Brown, and uh, Big Dre or.

aka Big Dre, I'm sorry, Big Dre and Win. had also traveled to Las Vegas. Did you. ever verify if any of those individuals. went to Las Vegas? >> No, I did not. Now in addition to that. he had made mention at least with that. first interview that he believed that. Compton police officers had been the one. ones to have committed that particular. act the crime in Las Vegas in terms of. the shooting of Tupacer. >> Mhm. >> Is that a yes?

>> Yes. >> And with regards to that though sir did. you ever look into the possibility that. Compton police officers may have been. involved in the shooting of Tupac. Shakur? >> I did not specifically know. So, we have. Davis in 1998 seemingly denying. involvement and this FBI agent seemingly. admitting he didn't follow up. Now, 10. years later, according to another. witness, everything changed. A different. investigation was underway, and this one. focused on the killing of notorious B.I. so. So, there was this task force that.

was made up of the LAPD, the FBI, the. DEA, the ATF. They were looking into. whether anyone connected to Death Row. Records or the Southside Compton Crips. was involved in the assassination. Dwayne Kefi D. Davis was on their radar. Now, the lead detective on this task. force seemed to be Greg Kading, and one. of his partners was a man named Darren. Dri. They reportedly had evidence that. Davis was involved in drug trafficking, trafficking PCP and cocaine, which, you. know, could put him away what for the.

rest of his life. So, they approached. him, let him know they had a case. against him, and they arguably allegedly. offered him a deal. come in, talk to us. about Biggie Smalls, maybe we can work. something out. So Davis sat down with. them with an attorney present, federal. prosecutor was there, too. And when they. asked Davis about Biggie, he said he. didn't know anything. But then, and this. is key, according to Depri, Davis said. something that caught everyone off. guard.

>> During the course of that, do you ask. Mr. Davis about his involvement in the. Biggie Smalls murder? Yes. >> And what is his response? >> At that time he said no, we didn't have. anything to do with that one. >> When he said we didn't have anything to. do with that one, did that trigger. anything in your mind as to what he was.

saying? >> What I recall? Yes. We were like that. one? What do you mean? And then he said, "We did the other. one.". He said, "We did the other one.". >> And so at that point, what did you think. he was talking about? Um, me personally, the only other one was. Tupac, but we had nothing. We didn't think he. was, we were talking about Christopher.

Wallace. We didn't ask him any questions about. Tupac. He offered that on his own. >> And so when he does that, is there some. discussion then of. maybe having a conversation about Tupac? It was a surprise to us. Number one, we. were shook. We were we we were. surprised. Um. yes, >> that moment right there that led to this. profer interview on December 18th, 2008.

And this time, all these years after the. killing, this interview was specifically. about Tupac Shakur. And according to. Depri, this is when Davis laid out his. version of events in detail, claiming. that he was in the white Cadillac, that. he had a 40 caliber gun, that he. allegedly passed it to the back seat, but the wouldbe shooter got scared. So. Davis's nephew, Orlando Anderson. Remember, the prosecution claims that.

this was revenge that Tupac and co beat. up Orlando Anderson earlier in the night. on the night that Tupac was killed at. the MGM Grand. Right. So Davis's nephew, Orlando Anderson, allegedly grabbed the. gun and fired. This was the first time. that Davis had allegedly admitted to. being in the car, to having the gun, to. being part of what happened. Here's what. DRI claims Davis told them. Mr. Davis. stated that his nephew, Mr. Orlando. Anderson, was jumped and beat up in a.

club or in a hotel in Las Vegas after. the Tyson fight. He came and told Mr. Davis what. happened. Um, they went looking for Tupac, Suge, anybody who was involved basically in. the beat down of Mr. Anderson. and. They couldn't find him at first and then. they saw him and basically Mr. Davis had.

the gun at first, but they came up on the passenger side. of. Suge Knight in Mr. Shakur's vehicle, so. he couldn't shoot across the driver. So, he handed a gun to Dre in the back. seat, M. Andre Smith. He was afraid to. shoot. Mr. Anderson grabbed the gun and. shot across Mr. Smith into Mr. Knight's. car that Mr. Tupac Shakur was in with.

Mr. Knight. >> And did he tell you what kind of vehicle. he was in? >> In the white Cadillac. Did he tell you. what kind of gun was used? >> A 40 cal. >> This was a story the prosecution had. been waiting for. Right. Davis's own. words describing his alleged role in. Tupac's murder. But the defense went. after Dri. Okay, this happened in court. They went after Dupri the same way they. went after Lee. And I'm going to get. into that in a second. But first, I just. have to establish another well-known.

connection here that was brought up. during this line of questioning. And. that concerns Shaun Diddy Combmes, the. CEO of Bad Boy Records. According to. Dupree, Davis didn't just admit to being. in the car. He claimed that Diddy, who. was referred to back then as Puffy, was. connected to this in some way. >> Mr. Davis had a narcotics. friend in New York by the name of. Williams. Zip. He said he could,

this is a lot deeper than that. Sean. Puffy Combmes was supposed to have given. money to. zip Martin to give to Mr. Davis for. payment of the Tupac murder. Fast forward, we go to Mr. Davis. He. says he can rekindle that relationship. with Mr. Zip Martin and get him to talk. about. the money that was given from Sean Fy.

Cones to Mr. Martin that never got to. Mr. Davis. >> And did did you guys or Mr. Davis come. up with a plan to get leverage on Mr. Williams Zip. the idea. >> Me, Detective Kadine, ATF Jim Black, and. Kefi D, Mr. Davis flew to New York so.

Mr. the Davis can work undercover to try. to rekindle that friendship and business. relationship with Zip. >> According to Dupri, Davis told. investigators that Diddy was involved, that money was changing hands. He. apparently took this seriously enough to. fly to New York to try to get Zip Martin. to talk about allegedly being the. middleman, but Zip was dying of cancer, so that fell through. But the defense, as I said, went after Dupri, and they. pointed out that this task force was. investigating Biggie Smalls, not Tupac.

So they asked Dupri what efforts he made. to verify Davis's story. They pressed. him on why Las Vegas Metro wasn't. notified sooner. And I got to say, Dupri's testimony revealing. >> Did you verify any of the information. >> that Mr. Davis told us? >> Yeah, >> we were trying to verify as much as we. could. >> Okay. Tell us the efforts. No, I'm. sorry. Can you tell this journey the. efforts that you made to verify the. information that he gave you in 2008?

>> Fine to New York to try to get the. relationship with Zip, Mr. Martin, because he was involved. here in Vegas with the murder and the. large sum of money that was supposed to. be given to Mr. Martin to give to Mr. Davis. So, that's why we flew to New. York to try to get that. whole thing going. >> right and based upon your efforts in New. York were you able to verify that any of. that information to be true?

>> No. >> Now in addition to that there was other. information that Mr. Davis gave up in. 2008 and December. Did you verify any of. that other information to be true? >> I don't think any other information that. he gave us was anything except the. murder of Tupac. >> Sure. Did you at any point verify for. instance um the people that he. identified in the vehicle? >> Uh. no.

>> You are aware of course that some of the. people that he had identified in the. vehicle was still alive in May, right? >> One was that? >> That was Terrence Browns. >> Okay. Did you ever verify that Ter. Terrence Browns was was in Las Vegas at. the time of the murder? >> We never got a chance to. >> Why not? As I said, our first course of. action was to tie in Mr. Combmes, the. money, and work back from there. >> You can see what the defense is doing. here, right? Pressing DRI on those. critical issues. Followup. Was this a.

thorough investigation? Was it a sloppy. investigation, not verifying certain. details is their narrative, basically. never confirming one person, Terren. Brown, was in Vegas. And so essentially, Davis may have admitted involvement, but. the defense is suggesting it wasn't. properly verified. Now on redirect, so. this is when the prosecution comes back. to question a witness. Asked a simple. question. It's a theme we heard in the. defense opening statement. Did you. believe him? Did you believe Davis? Here's what Dri said.

>> When you were. talking to Mr. Davis and he's telling. you what he's telling you, did you have. reason to doubt his version of events. as it relates to the homicide itself? I didn't think Mr. Davis was lying. because he put the gun in his nephew's. hand. And if anybody knows anything from. what I hear, Mr. Orlando Anderson was. the man besides Kefi D in that.

neighborhood. He was the prince and his. family loved him. I didn't think that Mr. Davis would put. the gun in his own nephew's hand, dead. or alive, and put that smut on him. unless it was true. The person that. killed Tupac, well, in the neighborhood, he's a hero. In the world, he's a. villain. So, I didn't think Mr. Davis, me personally, would do that unless it was true with.

his own nephew because I know he loved. his nephew. >> So, that was a big moment. That was a. big moment. He did believe him. But. earlier on in cross-examination, the. defense did get Depri to arguably. acknowledge why Davis might have been. motivated to talk. >> You had also targeted the idea though. that it wasn't just him mo like moving. some large amount. It was people coming. into his house, potentially his family, people could be arrested, his friends.

for instance, that was part of that and. they all could go to prison. Right. >> I will say this, Mr. Davis took the hit. for a lot of people in his family and. his kids, his wife, but that's why he did a lot of the stuff. he did. I will say that. >> And I appreciate you saying that. >> So that's where the defense may have. been going with that, right? That Davis. had reasons to say what he needed to say. in order to protect the people around. him. And that's where things stand in.

the courtroom right now. Okay. But I. have to call this out, and I mentioned. this at the beginning, I'm going to say. it here. This case is a lot more than. just legal arguments and testimony and. evidence. It is about a person, a real. life human being, not just the icon that. we all know, someone whose life was. taken far too young, someone who was. adored, who was loved, someone whose. family has waited nearly 30 years for.

accountability and justice. I say that. because we had the chance to sit down. with Jamila Barnes. This is Tupac's. cousin, a board member of the Tupac. Shakur Foundation. She has been in that. courtroom every day and she told us what. that experience has been like. How has. it been being in the courtroom with Kei. D? >> Incredibly uncomfortable. Um, very. uncomfortable. Um yeah, he um it's it's not been um.

it's just been very uncomfortable for. myself and my family to the point that. you know we've um had to ask the. marshals like can you direct him to just. look forward? He doesn't have to look at. us. He doesn't have to make eye contact. with us. Um it's already incredibly. uncomfortable. So um you know those. nuances. I just add to the um awkwardness and. uncomfortableness and the trauma really. of the situation. There were two moments.

that were particularly harder for me. The one um was uh the autopsy. >> um uh you know um questioning. Um half. of the family left out and then the. other half of us kind of stayed in just. to observe. Um I was one that stayed in. um and um you know I actually was kind. of emotionally prepared for the um. images that had been surfacing for many. years. Um but there were just more.

graphic um images that I had not. previously seen that were very difficult. for me. So I had to excuse myself from. the courtroom when those images were. displayed. Um so Tupac is my my big. cousin. um he's uh five years older than. I am and um you know I my core memories. of him are just my big cousin you know. from my um childhood like I have really. um beautiful memories of him from you.

know just being an active vibrant. talented creative um individual um you. know I can I have one memory I have many. memories but one in particular at my 9th. birthday party. Um all of my, you know, cousins and family friends were in my. mom's basement um celebrated in my. birthday and I one of my memories is. just remember seeing there was a circle. of us and he was in the center of the. circle and you know leading us on. whatever it was whether it was a song or. a dance competition whatever it was but.

those are like early um memories that. kind of were really indicative of his. talent and his um stardom um even in our. younger years. Um I think his lasting. legacy has been able to be sustained for. so long because um he spoke from a place. where from a place of like empathy, you. know, he could his lyrics, his passion, his interviews, his um his his life.

experiences allow him to share and. connect and resonate with people in a. very human way. in a way that wasn't. just like a untouchable celebrity but. really like your everyday, you know, friend or your neighbor or your relative. or your classmate. Um the stories, the. songs, the lyrics that, you know, he. shared um really spoke about um you. know, really spoke about justice. for humans in general. You know what I.

mean? like the equality of um all the. things for us all, not for one. individual type of person or one culture. or one uh collective, but really, you. know, humankind. And when you um when. your disposition is from that. standpoint, you're able to connect and. resonate with people across multiple. different um walks of life. And even now. because he was so adamant about, you. know, um things that were important to. humankind, those um that sentiment is.

able to to resonate today, generations. later where, you know, people now, the. young people now can still find their. voice and and what his voice represented. back then. So I think that's a big part. of his lasting legacy. Um and you know. his his voice continues to be the. footprint of um of you know things being. right for people around the world to. this day. >> Do you have any doubt in your mind and.

yes uh Kefi D is innocent unless proven. guilty. Do you have any doubt in your. mind that he wasn't connected to this. that he wasn't involved in what happened. to Tupac? or when you're listening to. the evidence, you're listening to the. arguments, you've seen this case, are. you even more confident in the. prosecution uh case and his role and. what they claim he did? >> Yeah. Um it's just to be very honest, um. I do I mean it does there is clear.

evidence of his involvement in some way, shape, or form. So, it's really on the. prosecution to kind of like bring that. full circle and really demonstrate um. all those pieces. But um without a. doubt, there is um some way in the. pyramid of it all, you know, there is. some connection. So, for sure, um those. things have to be proven in court. Um. and um hopefully once proven um you know.

hopefully um the right verdict will come. in and the proper consequences will be. hopefully uh hopefully served. >> And that'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 as well. Thank you. so much. I'll see you next time.