Duane Davis biography: 13 things about Compton, California native

Duane Keith Davis is an American man from California, United States. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. Also known as Keefe D, he was born in Compton, Los Angeles County, California.
2. He is 2 years older than his wife Paula Clemons, who owns a house in Henderson, Clark County, Nevada, USA.
3. He is 2 years older than his fellow Compton native Marion Hugh “Suge” Knight Jr. They played football together when they were young.
4. He was 8 years older than “Tupac Shakur” Lesane Parish Crooks, who was born in New York City, New York, USA.
5. On August 13, 1974, his nephew “Baby Lane” Orlando Tive Anderson was born in Compton. They both joined the South Side Compton Crips, a gang based in Compton.
6. On March 26, 1995, his childhood friend “Eazy-E” Eric Lynn Wright died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County from illness related to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) / acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).
7. On September 7, 1996, he, Anderson and Shakur attended the boxing match between Mike Tyson and Bruce Sheldon at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Paradise, Clark County. That day, Shakur and others allegedly attacked Anderson and hours later, Shakur was shot in Las Vegas, Clark County. He allegedly plotted and orchestrated the shooting. On September 13, 1996, Shakur died in the hospital. On May 29, 1998, Anderson was fatally shot in Willowbrook, Los Angeles County.
8. In 2009, he confessed to police to his role in the murder of Shakur but the information was unable to be used.
9. In October 2011, former Los Angeles Police Department detective Greg Kading released a book alleging that Sean “Diddy” Combs commissioned him to kill Shakur and Knight for $1 million.
10. On July 2, 2018, he confessed to having a role in the killing of Shakur and claimed that Anderson was the shooter.
11. On July 17, 2023, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department officers raided Clemons’ house in Henderson and seized a copy of the memoir he authored detailing street gang life and the murder of Shakur.
12. On September 29, 2023, he was arrested by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department and charged in connection with the murder of Shakur.
13. He was 60 years old when he pleaded guilty on November 2, 2023 to murder with a deadly weapon. He was represented by Robert Arroyo and Charles Cano.