Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson has not ruled out pursuing charges against Sean "Diddy" Combs in connection with the 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur, particularly following the recent conviction of Duane "Keefe D" Davis in the case. Wolfson indicated that Combs could still be charged if new evidence surfaces.
Davis, a Compton gang boss, was found guilty of murder with a deadly weapon in Shakur's drive-by killing. During police interviews in 2008, Davis alleged that Combs offered a $1 million bounty for the deaths of Tupac Shakur and Marion "Suge" Knight. These statements were presented to a jury through recorded audio during Davis's trial.
According to Davis's accounts, he met with Combs at Greenblatt's Deli on the Sunset Strip, where Combs expressed a desire to eliminate Shakur and Knight. Davis claimed Combs stated, "Man I want to get rid of those dudes – man," and later that "Puffy was scared and was scared of the dude period." Davis further alleged that Combs was the one who proposed the million-dollar sum, saying, "We wanted a million... we will wipe their a— out quick you know, it is nothing."
Wolfson stated Tuesday at the Las Vegas Regional Justice Center, "At this point, we don't believe we have sufficient evidence to charge anyone else with the death of Tupac Shakur. But, like any other case, if we come into more information more evidence we can always consider filing additional charges. But today, we don't believe that's the appropriate move to make."
A representative for Combs has reportedly denied any involvement in Shakur's murder, with a source close to the artist telling TMZ, "Diddy had absolutely nothing to do with the Tupac murder. He did not pull the trigger or set it up. It would be a waste of time if prosecutors ever called him as a witness."
Davis, 63, was convicted after a jury determined he organized a group of Crips gang members to retaliate for his nephew, Orlando Anderson, who had been assaulted by Shakur and his associates earlier on the night of the murder. Davis, who has confessed multiple times to being the "shot caller" for the Compton Crips in the incident, faces a sentencing hearing on October 13, where he could receive life in prison. He was found liable for organizing the gang members to hunt down and shoot Shakur in Las Vegas in September 1996.![A 1996 photo of the bullet-ridden black BMW that Marion "Suge" Knight and Tupac Shakur were riding in when Shakur was shot and killed.]( "A 1996 photo of the bullet-ridden black BMW that Marion "Suge" Knight and Tupac Shakur were riding in.")