The Nevada home where Las Vegas cops executed a search warrant in connection with Tupac Shakur’s 1996 murder probe is owned by the wife of former Crips gang member Keefe D – who previously claimed to know who gunned down the rapper.
Duane Davis, 60, also known as ‘Keefe D,’ is married to Paula Clemons, who owns the house on Maple Shade Street that was raided on Monday night as part of an investigation into Shakur’s murder, according to online records.
Shakur, 25, was killed just one block from the Las Vegas Strip in September 1996 after leaving a Mike Tyson fight at the MGM Grand Plaza. His case has remained unsolved for more than 20 years.
In 2018, while filming the 10-part Netflix docuseries ‘Unsolved, the Tupac and Biggie Murders’, Keefe D claimed it was his own nephew Orlando ‘Baby Lane’ Anderson who pulled the trigger and said he was in the car with him at the time.
Video footage shows the moment a convoy of armored police vehicles rolled down a residential street on the outskirts of Las Vegas to the home where they sought computers, laptops and articles about Tupac and his death.
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Investigators executed a search warrant on Monday at a Nevada house where they sought computers, laptops and articles about Tupac Shakur’s 1996 murder. His case remains unsolved
New video shows the moment a convoy of armored police vehicles rolled down a residential street on the outskirts of Las Vegas and searched a home for evidence
Duane Davis, 60, also known as ‘Keefe D,’ is reportedly linked to the house that was raided on Monday. He has claimed it was his nephew Orlando ‘Baby Lane’ Anderson who shot Tupac
‘Come out with your hands up and your hands empty,’ police yelled into bullhorns in audio obtained by ABC News.
A neighbor who lives on the same street as where the warrant was served Monday night told the Las Vegas Review-Journal they witnessed police arrive at the property with their guns drawn as they demanded occupants come out with their hands up.
The occupants complied with police orders, witnesses said, but it is unclear if any arrests were made or if anything was found during the search.
‘LVMPD can confirm a search warrant was served in Henderson, Nevada on July 17, 2023, as part of the ongoing Tupac Shakur homicide investigation. We will have no further comment at this time,’ Las Vegas Police said in a statement.
Police sources told 8newsnow that the warrant reportedly involved Keefe D, a former Crips gang member, whose wife Paula Clemons is listed as an owner of the house.
TMZ reported that Clemons also owned a home in Compton, noting that back in 1998, the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department reportedly recovered a gun in the backyard of a Compton home that belonged to the girlfriend of known Crip gang member who was in Las Vegas the night of Shakur’s murder.
The case remains unsolved nearly 30 years later, but evidence is now being presented to the Las Vegas grand jury.
While investigations believe the gunman is likely dead, the current investigation could lead to answers about who else was in the car with him when shots were fired.
Shakur was gunned down in his black BMW as it idled at a red light on Flamingo Road and Koval Lane on September 7, 1996.
The house where the search warrant was executed appeared to be in the area of Maple Shade Street near Interstate 11, about 18 miles from where Shakur was killed
This is the black car in which Tupac was fatally shot by an unknown assassin as he drove with Suge Knight on Las Vegas Boulevard
The shooting occurred shortly after 11pm, as the 25-year-old rapper was leaving a Mike Tyson boxing match at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino.
He was in the BMW with Suge Knight, the boss of his label Death Row Records, when the pair were fired at by an unknown assailant.
Tupac was hit four times, including once in the chest. He was taken to the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada, where he died six days later.
In a two-hour documentary in 2017, those who were by the rapper’s bedside as he lay dying say the rapper indicated he knew who his killer is.
Tupac’s murder remains unsolved but there are several theories about who may have been responsible.
One theory is that the shooting was retaliation for a shooting that occurred six days earlier, in which Tupac’s associate Orlando ‘Baby Lane’ Anderson was killed.
Another theory is that the shooting was the result of a feud between rival rappers on the East and West Coasts – namely Biggie Smalls who was killed in a drive-by the following year.
Another theory is that the shooting was carried out by members of the Crips gang, who were rivals of Tupac’s cohort, the Bloods.
The murder of Tupac was an international story and remains a source of fascination and speculation today. Some even claim that the rapper is still alive.
There have been countless books and documentaries about the case, and there is even a museum dedicated to Tupac in his hometown of New York City.
Shakur is pictured with Marion ‘Suge’ Knight at the premier of Sunset Park in April 1996
Bullet holes are seen in the BMW that was blasted with a volley of bullets from a semi-automatic weapon from men in a white Cadillac car
Tupac is pictured in an undated photo with Snoop Dog, apparently in the same BMW
The Tupac case remains open, even though many LA gang members and leaks have cited Crips gang member Orlando Anderson (pictured) as the rapper’s killer
Chief among the suspects is Notorious BIG, a former friend of Tupac’s who became involved in a high-profile feud after they fell out.
In 1995, Tupac claimed that Biggie knew of a planned robbery that had resulted in Tupac being shot and losing valuable jewelry.
Tupac then signed to the West Coast’s Death Row records, which was run by feared Compton boss Suge Knight and was in direct competition with Bigge’s own Bad Boy records, based in Manhattan.
Three months before his death, Tupac released the track ‘Hit ‘Em Up,’ in which he claimed to have slept with Biggie’s then-estranged wife.
But Biggie, who was himself gunned down in a drive-by shooting just six months later, denied shooting Tupac, and claimed he was recording tracks when the hit took place – though those claims have been questioned since.
Another possible suspect, identified in a 2002 LA Times investigation, was Orlando Anderson, a member of the Southside Crips gang.
That theory claimed that Shakur, Knight and several of their entourage had beaten up Anderson the same day as the shooting.
That attack was revenge for Anderson and other members of the Southside Crips for robbing a Death Row Records employee earlier in the year.
Las Vegas cops discounted the beating from their investigation, failed to follow up on claims by one of Tupac’s friends that he witnessed the shooting, and didn’t chase up a witness who may have seen the culprit’s car, the LA Times reported.
Anderson, who denied the claims, was killed in a gang shooting in 1998.
Meanwhile, others have suggested the hit may have been intended for him in a Death Row Records coup.
And others deny that Tupac is actually dead.
Those who were by Shakur’s bedside as he lay dying have indicated he knew who his shooter was. Shakur is pictured at the 10th Annual Soul Train Music Awards on March 29, 1996
For years following his death, fans have speculated who may have killed the rapper. He is pictured here in a scene from Gridlock’d
In 2021, Retired Las Vegas cop Chris Carroll told DailyMailTV that he still regularly receives messages on social media and even through the Las Vegas Metro Police Department demanding he ‘come clean’ about the theory the rapper secretly escaped that night.
Some extremists even write to suggest that Carroll played a role in the death of the star, famous for hits like California Love and Ghetto Gospel.
No matter how many times he repeats his same story and factual description of holding lifeless Tupac in his arms after the gang shooting, people still refuse to believe him.
He said he takes much of the interaction with good humor, but remains ‘a little unsettled’ at suggestions that he would not aid a gunshot wound victim.
Retired Las Vegas cop Chris Carroll held Tupac Shakur as he took his final unaided breath 25 years ago. Carroll told DailyMailTV in an exclusive interview that he is still harassed by conspiracy theorists claiming the rapper is alive
He held gun shot-ridden Tupac as he fought to take his last few breaths, before ‘gargling, choking, falling unconscious and going limp’ on the sidewalk of Las Vegas Boulevard.
Carroll remains ‘in no doubt Tupac was essentially dead because the volume of blood loss and damage to his vital organs was terminal.’
‘Most of what I get is very positive and supportive but there are these others who are convinced I played some part in some way in what happened to Tupac, either in his passing or supposed escape,’ he shared.
‘It is very difficult for people to believe somebody as iconic was the victim of a simple murder.
‘Unfortunately the most obvious scenario is what happened, but social media is a huge part of the spread of misinformation along with a bit of human nature.
‘People want to hear about complex stories of cover ups and conspiracies. That is not the case – sadly some people die in very straightforward circumstances even if they are famous.’
In the exclusive interview, Carroll admitted: ‘I never thought I would be talking about this a week after that night, let alone 25 years. Now I realize it is never going away. It is what it is and is never going to change.
‘It frustrates me when I hear misinformation, lies and conspiracies and it is one of reasons I came forward in the first place after I retired to set the record straight.
‘Thankfully the vast majority of people believe the truth, but the ones who don’t seem to speak the loudest and they never stop talking.’
Carroll said he is staggered at the online posts and social media threads alleging various far-fetched roles by him in the case. Some cite him as a middle man for Tupac’s escape and others an accomplice to his murder.
‘It is just comical to say I killed him,’ Carroll said. ‘It is all on record how many bullets damaged key organs and when I got to him he was already pretty much passing away.
‘Technically he did not officially pass until later, but that was only thanks to the skill of the trauma team who kept his heart beating, and then life support machines.
‘To those others who believe I helped smuggle him to Cuba or Costa Rica, that is false too.
‘He had large caliber wounds to his torso and vital organs. While I was holding him he stopped breathing, and he never regained consciousness – he was not going anywhere in that state other than the hospital.’
Jokingly he added: ‘Maybe had he hit me up with a deal for a millions of dollars and a plan to smuggle him when he was alive, without the shooting, I may have taken him up on it.’
The main suspects in Tupac’s death
Notorious BIG
One of the prime suspects in Tupac’s death is fellow rapper Notorious BIG
In 1995, Tupac claimed that Biggie knew of a planned robbery that had resulted in Tupac being shot and losing valuable jewelry.
Tupac then signed to the West Coast’s Death Row records, which was run by feared Compton boss Suge Knight and was in direct competition with Bigge’s own Bad Boy records, based in Manhattan.
Three months before his death, Tupac released the track ‘Hit ‘Em Up,’ in which he claimed to have slept with Biggie’s then-estranged wife.
But Biggie, who was himself gunned down six months later, denied shooting Tupac, and claimed he was recording tracks when the hit took place – though those claims have been questioned since.
Another suspect is Orlando Anderson, a member of the Southside Crips gang
Orlando ‘Baby Lane’ Anderson
Another possible suspect, identified in a 2002 LA Times investigation, was Orlando Anderson, a member of the Southside Crips gang.
That theory claimed Shakur, Knight and several of their entourage had beaten up Anderson the same day as the shooting.
The attack was said to be revenge for Anderson and other members of the Southside Crips for robbing a Death Row Records employee earlier in the year.
Las Vegas cops discounted the beating from their investigation, failed to follow up on claims by one of Tupac’s friends that he witnessed the shooting, and didn’t chase up a witness who may have seen the culprit’s car, the LA Times reported.
Anderson, who denied the claims, was killed in a gang shooting in 1998.
Marion ‘Suge’ Knight
Some have also speculated that Tupac’s former record producer, Marion ‘Suge’ Knight, may have been responsible. HHE is pictured during sentencing in 2018
Some have also speculated that Tupac’s former record producer, Marion ‘Suge’ Knight, may have been responsible.
At the time of his death, Tupac was about to leave Death Row Records. He had planned to start his own record company with Tha Outlaw Immortalz.
After his death, the record company was said to have been uncooperative with police.
And in an ABC interview following Tupac’s death, Knight was asked, ‘If you knew who killed Tupac, would you tell the police?’ to which Suge replied ‘absolutely not.’