Duane “Keffe D” Davis, the man convicted of orchestrating Tupac Shakur’s 1996 murder, has been transferred to a maximum-security prison in the Las Vegas area ... just weeks after being sentenced to spend decades behind bars.
According to Las Vegas’ 8 News Now, Davis was moved from a Las Vegas jail to High Desert State Prison, a high-security facility, following his murder conviction and sentencing earlier this month.
As we reported ... the 63-year-old was sentenced to 40 years to life in prison on October 13 after a jury found him guilty of first-degree murder in August.
Duane "Keffe D" Davis posed for a never-before-seen mug shot behind bars ... and the image captures what the Tupac Shakur murder mastermind must have also felt like moments after he was sentenced Tuesday to 40 years behind bars for the iconic rapper's death.
The booking photo, shot by the Nevada Department of Corrections, captures Keffe with his eyes closed, holding up a slip of paper emblazoned with his name, Offender ID number and parole date: "6/10/2026."
According to DOC online records, Keffe's never-before-seen mug shot was snapped while he served 16 to 40 months for battery by a prisoner during his incarceration as he awaited trial for the 1996 Tupac murder in Las Vegas. Police first arrested Keffe in September 2023 and he's been in jail ever since.
The hearing started off on a tense note ... when Keffe D engaged in a back-and-forth with the judge ... at one point even seemingly rolling his eyes at her.
Tupac Shakur's convicted murder mastermind Duane "Keffe D" Davis was apparently troublesome behind bars, collecting a slew of serious alleged violations before the murder trial ... and some of them involve violence.
TMZ obtained records detailing all of Davis' alleged bad behavior while incarcerated at the Clark County Detention Center in Las Vegas from the time he was first arrested and booked on September 29, 2023 all the way through the start of the trial.
According to the documents ... in December 2025, Davis was being escorted back to his cell by a corrections officer after visiting with a loved one when he got into a brawl with another inmate in the dayroom. The docs say Davis and the other inmate engaged in mutual combat, grappling with each other and throwing punches.
Convicted Tupac Shakur murder mastermind Duane "Keffe D" Davis is maintaining his innocence ahead of his sentencing, saying he didn't do "s—t" and wasn't anywhere near the murder scene.
Davis was interviewed by the Hollywood Reporter for an article published Friday after he was recently convicted of the 1996 murder of the iconic rapper during a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas. At his trial, prosecutors said Davis did not pull the trigger but passed a gun to the shooter, who then pumped Tupac full of bullets.
Davis told the Hollywood Reporter ... "I’m innocent, man. They got an innocent man sitting in jail." But he vowed to be released from prison, saying he had already filed an appeal with the state court.
Diddycould still face charges in connection with Tupac Shakur's murder ... if prosecutors uncover new evidence.
Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson said Tuesday he has not completely closed the door on charging Diddy, but stressed there currently isn't enough evidence to do so.
"At this point, we don't believe we have sufficient evidence to charge anyone else with the death of Tupac Shakur," Wolfson said. "But, like any other case, if we come into more information, more evidence, we can always consider filing additional charges."
The comments come one day after a Las Vegas jury convicted Duane "Keefe D" Davis of murder in connection with Tupac’s 1996 drive by shooting.
During the trial, jurors heard recorded police interviews in which Davis claimed Diddy offered $1 million to kill Tupac and Suge Knight. Davis alleged Combs wanted to "get rid of those dudes" and had several conversations with him about killing them.
Diddy has denied any involvement in Tupac's murder. A source close to Combs previously told TMZ ... "Diddy had absolutely nothing to do with the Tupac murder. He did not pull the trigger or set it up."
Prosecutors argued Davis organized a group of Crips gang members to retaliate after Tupac and others allegedly beat up Davis' nephew, Orlando Anderson, at the MGM Grand earlier that night.
Davis was convicted of murder with the use of a deadly weapon and the intent to promote, further or assist a criminal gang. He faces a possible life sentence, with his sentencing scheduled for October 13.
Diddy is currently serving a four year prison sentence after being convicted on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution.
Rep. Jonathan Jackson says Tupac Shakur's murder verdict brought back a night he'll never forget ... the night he saw Pac clinging to life.
Charlie caught up with the Illinois congressman on Capitol Hill Tuesday after Duane "Keffe D" Davis was found guilty of first-degree murder in Tupac's 1996 killing.
Jackson says he was at the Mike Tyson fight that night with his father, Rev. Jesse Jackson ... and the two later went to the hospital, where Jonathan saw Tupac in "pretty bad shape."
Aubrey O'Day is using the Keffe D guilty verdict to make a pointed argument about Diddy ... saying you don't have to pull the trigger to be held responsible for a murder.
The former Danity Kane singer reacted after Duane "Keffe D" Davis was found guilty Monday of first-degree murder in Tupac Shakur's killing ... saying the verdict makes "one thing painfully clear."
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Aubrey wrote that if evidence shows someone financed, ordered, encouraged or knowingly set a murder in motion, they should face accountability too -- and she made it obvious who she was talking about.
The jury returned its verdict Monday, convicting Davis of murder with the use of a deadly weapon with the intent to promote, further or assist a criminal gang. The 63-year-old now faces a possible maximum sentence of life in prison ... although he has already made it clear to the judge he plans to appeal the verdict.
Prosecutors never claimed Davis fired the fatal shots during the September 1996 drive by shooting. Instead, they argued he was the "shot caller" who handed the murder weapon to the gunman, believed to have been his nephew, Orlando "Baby Lane" Anderson, or another man riding in the back seat.
Closing arguments have ended in the Tupac Shakur murder trial ... and now the jury have began deliberating.
As you know, Duane "Keffe D" Davis has been charged with first-degree murder for the iconic artist's 1996 killing ... making him the only person to ever be criminally charged in Tupac's death.
Prosecutors aren't accusing Keffe D of firing any shots himself, but argue that he was the one calling them.
They say that -- based on his own police interviews and memoir anecdotes -- KD orchestrated the Las Vegas shooting as retaliation for a fight Tupac and his crew got in with his nephew earlier that night.
Suge Knight is making a bombshell claim amid the Tupac Shakur murder trial ... saying Duane "Keffe D" Davis' lawyers offered him up to $1 million to say Keefe wasn't in the car that allegedly shot up Tupac.
Suge joined us on "TMZ Live" Tuesday from prison and said he refused the alleged offer ... insisting his loyalty to Tupac "can't be compromised."
The Death Row founder also took aim at The Game ... pushing back on the rapper's recent claim that Keffe D is being used as a scapegoat.
Sean "Diddy" Combs was name-dropped during the Tupac Shakur murder trial when a former LAPD detective testified Diddy tried, but failed, to pay for Tupac's execution ... a wild allegation folks in Diddy's camp call bogus.
In response to the bombshell testimony, sources close to the imprisoned mogul tell TMZ ... "Diddy had absolutely nothing to do with the Tupac murder. He did not pull the trigger or set it up. It would be a waste of time if prosecutors ever called him as a witness."
Dupree testified Davis said he had nothing to do with Biggie's murder, but instead offered details about the Tupac fatal shooting ... including an allegation about Diddy.
Keefe -- who is on trial in Las Vegas -- is accused of planning the legendary rapper's murder and allegedly producing the gun used to kill Tupac ... though prosecutors say he wasn't the trigger man that fateful night.
He has pleaded not guilty to all charges against him ... and sources close to him say his past admissions in an interview that he was involved in the slaying are simply empty brags.
The murder trial for alleged Tupac Shakurkiller Duane "Keffe D" Davis rolls into its third day Wednesday ... and you can watch the courtroom action right here.
Keffe is accused of planning the legendary rapper's murder and allegedly producing the gun used to kill Tupac ... though prosecutors say he wasn't the trigger man that fateful night.
He has pleaded not guilty to all charges against him.
Suge Knight is calling BS on the Tupac Shakur murder trial ... saying one of the witnesses taking the stand isn't telling the real story.
Suge joined us on "TMZ Live" Wednesday from prison and unloaded on James McDonald, who testified Tuesday in Duane "Keffe D" Davis' murder trial.
Suge flat-out denies McDonald's claim that he worked for Death Row Records.
What's more, Suge claims McDonald is an FBI informant and says he was never his head of security ... arguing there'd be plenty of proof if McDonald really worked for him.
