The family of the legendary rapper Tupac Shakur has filed a wrongful death lawsuit in Los Angeles, aiming to uncover the full scope of the conspiracy that led to his murder in 1996. The suit targets Duane "Keefe D" Davis, the only person ever charged in connection with the killing, along with unnamed co-conspirators.
Davis, a former leader of the South Side Compton Crips, is currently awaiting trial after pleading not guilty to a single count of murder. The new legal action, filed Tuesday by Tupac's brother Maurice Shakur, alleges a "complex conspiracy" and seeks unspecified damages.
According to court documents, the family hopes that discovery will reveal the identities of "individuals who may have participated in planning, financing, directing, or carrying out the conspiracy." The filing cites grand jury transcripts from Davis's criminal proceedings and interviews from the Netflix documentary Sean Combs: The Reckoning, where Davis claimed that Sean Combs offered him $1 million to kill Shakur. Combs has denied involvement.
Tupac Shakur was shot four times in a drive-by attack in Las Vegas in September 1996 and died six days later at age 25. Davis has maintained his innocence, with his trial set to begin in August after multiple delays.