Jada Pinkett Smith feels hopeful after Las Vegas police arrested a suspect in connection with Tupac Shakur‘s murder in 1996.
The 52-year-old took to Instagram after it was revealed that Duane “Keffe D” Davis was arrested in the early hours of Friday morning, marking a significant development in a case that has confounded investigators and captivated the public for nearly three decades. “Now I hope we can get some answers and have some closure,” Smith wrote in response to the arrest. “R.I.P.
Pac,” she finished, adding a dove emoji. A Nevada grand jury indicted Davis on one count of murder with a deadly weapon, Clark County Chief Deputy District Attorney Marc DiGiacomo announced in court Friday.
DiGiacomo described Davis as the “on-ground, on-site commander” who “ordered the death” of Shakur, who was killed at 25. Davis has long been on the radar of law enforcement agencies and has openly acknowledged his presence in the Cadillac where the fatal shots were fired during the September 1996 drive-by shooting of Shakur — a luminary in the world of hip-hop who was just 25 years old at the time of his death.
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