Ex-gang leader to go on trial in June over 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur

Duane “Keffe D” Davis (Steve Marcus/Las Vegas Sun via AP, Pool)

A US judge has set a June 3 date for the murder trial of a former southern California street gang leader who has become the only person to be charged over the 1996 killing of hip-hop music star Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas.

Duane “Keffe D” Davis made a brief court appearance in shackles on Tuesday and spoke quietly with two court-appointed lawyers who were named to his case before he pleaded not guilty last Thursday.