Guilty verdict in 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur - Yahoo

Davis, 63, was convicted on a charge of murder with a deadly weapon with the intent to promote, further, or assist a criminal gang. He faces a potential life sentence. He had pleaded not guilty throughout the trial.

The jury took less than three hours to reach its verdict after a weekslong trial. Following the verdict, prosecutors announced they would dismiss the gang enhancement portion of the charge, citing witness logistics.

For people who grew up here in Lubbock spinning Tupac records in the late '90s, this verdict lands differently than a typical true-crime story. Shakur's music cut across every neighborhood in this city, and the question of who killed him became one of those cultural cold cases that never really went quiet. Now, nearly three decades after that Las Vegas shooting, a jury has answered it.

Davis is the first person ever convicted in connection with Shakur's death. The case stretched across multiple decades and law enforcement agencies, and included a confession Davis himself gave before charges were filed against him.

Tupac Shakur was 25 years old when he was killed.