Duane Davis and Tupac involved in confrontation with 'brandished' gun six months before the shooting.
Rapper Tupac Shakur poses for photos backstage after his performance at the Regal Theater in Chicago, in March 1994.Six months before Tupac Shakur was shot and killed in September 1996 in Las Vegas, he and the man who wouldwith his murder came face-to-face in a rap-world showdown, according to newly released grand jury records.
Despite much speculation that Shakur's fatal shooting had also been spurred by gang rivalry, until Davis' arrest, no charges had ever been filed – and there had been no concrete connection between the 25-year-old rapper and the man now charged in connection with his killing.The Vegas case remained cold until this summer when police raided Davis' Vegas home, marking the first visible sign of action in the investigation in years.
Tensions flared backstage that night when the two crossed paths, both allegedly flanked by gang-affiliated entourages, Wright said. "So I guess it was bad timing and then there [was] an argument that followed with a little gun play or a pointing," he said. "I pointed my gun towards the gentleman with the gun and begged him not to point that gun and raise the gun," he said. He testified he did not see Davis himself with a firearm during that event and that no shots were fired at the Soul Train Awards.
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