Retired Officer Reveals Tupac Shakur's Final Words Before Shooting

A retired police officer stepped up in Tupac Shakur's murder trial on Monday to share the rapper's final words. Garry Dale, a former Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department officer, spoke about his encounter with the star as they were being rushed to the hospital after being shot multiple times alongside Suge Knight on September 7, 1996.

I was trying to talk to him to find out what had happened, gather information to see who had fired at them, Dale told prosecutor Marc DiGiacomo. He was still talking, and I was trying to convince him to tell me the name of whoever his assailants were.

Dale testified that Shakur responded: No, we'll take care of it.

Duane 'Keffe D' Davis is on trial for allegedly orchestrating the drive-by shooting in retaliation for Shakur and his entourage's attack on Davis' nephew, Orlando Anderson. Davis stands as the only person to ever be charged in the hitmaker's shooting. He faces one count of murder with the use of a deadly weapon with the intent to promote, further, or assist a criminal gang. The defendant has entered a not guilty plea. If convicted, he faces up to life in prison.

Las Vegas police officer reveals Tupac's dying words in court. Garry Dale told prosecutor Marc DiGiacomo that he was trying to talk to Tupac Shakur as the rapper lay dying in an ambulance on the night of the shooting. I was trying to convince him to tell me the name of whoever his assailants were, the former officer continued.

The officer was then excused after a quick cross-examination by the defense yesterday. Davis' defense lawyer Michael Sanft asked Dale if he had written a report about his initial traffic stop of Suge Knight and Shakur's vehicle that night. The cop replied: No.

Duane 'Keffe D' Davis is sat in court in a black suit and white button up shirt today. After jurors were sat, prosecutors played a recording of Davis speaking to LAPD about the murder of Christopher Wallace a.k.a 'Biggie Smalls' to the court.

The man accused of orchestrating Tupac Shakur's murder personally handed the gun to the rapper's killers in a twisted revenge plot, prosecutors alleged on Monday as one of America's most notorious cold cases finally went before a jury. Duane 'Keffe D' Davis, 63, did not pull the trigger during the infamous 1996 Las Vegas drive-by, prosecutors conceded, but they claim he planned the retaliation, supplied the weapon and set in motion the shooting that killed the 25-year-old hip-hop icon.

Let's be clear, Duane Davis did not pull the trigger. But he did plan the shooting in retaliation for the beating of his nephew, Chief Deputy District Attorney Binu Palal told jurors. Remarkably, you will learn that from Duane Davis himself.

Defense lawyer said Duane Davis was known to 'bull****' in court yesterday. Defense lawyer Michael Sanft said that his client Duane Davis was known to bull**** in court yesterday. The defense argued that the detective who worked on the case did not work hard enough to verify his client's accounts of Tupac's murder in his 2019 memoir Compton Street Legend. He treats that book like it is fact, he said.

Sanft said the state relied heavily on questionable statements made by the defendant over the years. Davis was never charged for any of what he said during that time period, and it is because they knew he was full of crap, Sanft continued.

A police officer riding alongside Tupac Shakur when he was taken to the hospital has now spoken out about what happened. The man claims that the rapper made clear his last words were simply, Otherwise they would have. This statement comes during a legal battle where the prosecution struggles to secure a conviction against Keffe for first-degree murder involving a deadly weapon. Without sufficient proof beyond a reasonable doubt, the state cannot establish that Keffe played any role in Shakur's death. The courtroom proceedings continue with live updates tracking every shift in testimony and evidence presented before the judge.