Duane “Keffe D” Davis, 63, faces a single count of murder with a deadly weapon with the intent to promote, further or assist a criminal gang in Shakur’s death. Prosecutors say if Davis hadn’t written explicitly about the killing, or talked about it in interviews, it’s likely no one would have been charged. On Sept. 7, 1996, Shakur was in the passenger seat of a black BMW and Death Row Records co-founder Marion “Suge” Knight was driving. When they encountered Shakur and Knight, Davis claimed to see Shakur reach for a weapon and wrote that “one of my guys from the back seat grabbed the Glock and started bustin’ back.” In his book, Davis claims that Combs wanted Knight and Shakur killed.