Tupac Murder Suspect Will Subpoena Suge Knight But Won’t Take The Stand: ‘Keefe Is A Loose Cannon’
Duane "Keefe D" Davis' lawyer gave a new update about his client ahead of the upcoming trial for the murder of Tupac Shakur.
Carl Arnold, the defense attorney representing Keefe D, reportedly plans to subpoena the late hip-hop icon's friend and former Death Row Records CEO, Suge Knight, to join his witness list. The rapper was the one driving the car when Shakur was fatally shot in Las Vegas in September 1996, according to The U.S. Sun.
Knight is currently serving a 28-year prison sentence at RJ Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego but for a different crime -- a hit and run that left his Heavyweights Records co-founder Terry Carter dead and filmmaker Cle Sloan injured in 2015.
While Arnold plans to summon Knight for a testimony, he confirmed to the outlet that his client -- who is indicted with murder charges for his involvement in Tupac's killing -- "will not be giving evidence."
A family associate of Keefe also told the outlet that "there is zero benefit from letting Keefe take the stand or face any detailed examination by professional lawyers."
"Keefe is a loose cannon when it comes to running his mouth. It is what has got him in trouble. Given that he confessed to his role in two police interviews and [did not] face legal actions, you would have thought he'd have shut his a** up. But no, he couldn't stop but wanted to get some fame."
"Being on the stand with a professional trial attorney going after your every word, he would likely cause himself problems and end up helping the case against him," the associate added.
"In the last decade, he was asked by TV shows and media outlets to talk about the Tupac killing, and he saw it as a money-making scheme."
Last week, Davis' lawyer said his client lied in his previous statements to make money with his story. He even published a memoir in 2019 titled "Compton Street Legend: Notorious Keffe D's Street-Level Accounts of Tupac and Biggie Murders, Death Row Origins, Suge Knight, Puffy Combs and Crooked Cops."
In the upcoming November trial, Arnold said he would argue that his client only confessed to the crime for money and fame and is confident that Keefe will be found innocent. He said that the police and prosecutors do not have enough proof that Keefe was in Las Vegas during Shakur's shooting.
"Mr. Davis was not in Las Vegas at the time. There is no murder weapon, and they don't have the car used during the shooting as evidence," he said.
