Ex-gang leader seeks jail release ahead of trial in 1996 Tupac Shakur killing

Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis at an earlier court hearing (Steve Marcus/Las Vegas Sun via AP)

A former Los Angeles gang leader charged with murder in the killing of hip-hop music star Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas has asked a judge to put him on house arrest ahead of his trial.

Duane “Keffe D” Davis’s lawyers said the case against him is the product of speculation and second-hand testimony.