Tag: Murder

Seventy-one years ago, 14-year-old Emmett Till was kidnapped, brutally tortured, shot and thrown into the Tallahatchie River by two white men who walked free. As the 71st Emmett Till Anniversary Commemoration Weekend kicks off in Mississippi, his legacy continues to confront the undeniable reality that systemic injustice is still alive and well today. Generations have passed since 1955, but the horror hasn't stopped. It has only evolved. Black families are still burying sons found hanging from trees, while police labeled their deaths suicides.

Suge Knight is making a bombshell claim amid the Tupac Shakur murder trial, saying Duane "Keefe D" Davis' lawyers offered him up to one million dollars to say Keefe wasn't in the car that allegedly shot up Tupac. Suge joined TMZ Live Tuesday from prison and said he refused the alleged offer, insisting his loyalty to Tupac can't be compromised. The Death Row founder also took aim at The Game, pushing back on the rapper's recent claim that Keefe D is being used as a scapegoat.

Sean "Diddy" Combs was name-dropped during the Tupac Shakur murder trial when a former LAPD detective testified Diddy tried, but failed, to pay for Tupac's execution. In response to the bombshell testimony, sources close to the imprisoned mogul tell TMZ that Diddy had absolutely nothing to do with the Tupac murder. He did not pull the trigger or set it up.

Tupac Shakur's murder trial is entering its fourth day with alleged killer Duane "Keefe D" Davis back in court. Keefe is accused of planning the legendary rapper's murder and allegedly producing the gun used to kill Tupac, though prosecutors say he wasn't the trigger man. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges. Prosecutors have called numerous witnesses, including a former Las Vegas cop who claims Tupac knew who shot him. If convicted, Keefe D faces life in prison.

As the Tupac Shakur murder trial was underway Tuesday in Las Vegas, police reportedly converged on a Starbucks nearby after getting information about a possible shooting. The Las Vegas Metro PD responded to the Starbucks in the downtown area on Tuesday afternoon after the dispatch center received calls about the alleged shooting, according to media reports. When officers reportedly arrived at the coffee shop, they quickly learned there were no victims.

The murder trial for alleged Tupac Shakur killer Duane "Keefe D" Davis rolls into Day 2 and it's expected to be wild after yesterday's opening arguments, which were 30 years in the making. Keefe is accused of planning the murder of the legendary rapper and allegedly produced the gun used to kill Tupac, though prosecutors say he wasn't the trigger man that fateful night.