After nearly 30 years, could there finally be a resolution to one of the most infamous unsolved mysteries in pop culture: who killed Tupac Shakur? A suspect is now on trial, and here is what he's had to say so far.
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00:00 The only living suspect in Tupac Shakur murder trial pleads not guilty.
00:05 ABC reports that Dwayne Kef D. Davis pleaded not guilty to orchestrating the 1996 drive-by
00:11 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur and his arraignment on November 2nd.
00:16 The arraignment had reportedly been delayed twice as Davis sought to find legal representation.
00:22 At the arraignment, Davis said that he had not retained his own counsel and was appointed
00:26 a public defender.
00:28 ABC reports that Davis is scheduled to make his next court appearance on November 7th.
00:34 In September, Davis was indicted by a Clark County grand jury on one count of murder with
00:39 a deadly weapon with gang enhancement.
00:42 The indictment comes nearly 30 years after Tupac's death.
00:46 Shakur died on September 7th, 1996, succumbing to injuries caused by a drive-by shooting
00:53 near the Las Vegas Strip.
00:55 The shooting occurred shortly after a brawl between members of two rival gangs in Compton,
01:01 California.
01:02 Davis is accused of being the shot caller who orchestrated the retaliatory shooting
01:06 which resulted in Shakur's death.
01:08 According to authorities, Davis is the only living suspect in the homicide case.
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