Diddy Not Off the Hook: Vegas DA Warns Fresh Evidence Could Trigger New Charges After Keefe D Conviction

Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson has said Sean 'Diddy' Combs could still face Tupac murder charges if investigators uncover fresh evidence, after a Las Vegas jury convicted Duane 'Keefe D' Davis of first-degree murder in the 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur.

Wolfson stressed on Tuesday that prosecutors do not yet have sufficient proof to charge anyone else. Combs, 56, has repeatedly denied any involvement in the shooting.

Vegas DA Leaves Door Open on Diddy Tupac Murder Charges

Davis, 63, was found guilty on Monday 31 August of murder with a deadly weapon after jurors deliberated for less than three hours.

He is the only person charged in Shakur's death and faces a possible life sentence when Judge Carli Kierny sentences him on 13 October.

Prosecutors said he organised a South Side Compton Crips retaliation after his nephew, Orlando Anderson, was beaten at the MGM Grand hours before the drive-by on 7 September 1996.

Shakur was shot four times and died six days later. The panel of 12 jurors and four alternates heard 24 prosecution witnesses and three defence witnesses over nine days.

After the verdict the state dropped a gang enhancement, citing witness logistics, and Davis was held without bail.

Asked about Combs at the Regional Justice Center, Wolfson said: 'At this point, we don't believe we have sufficient evidence to charge anyone else with the death of Tupac Shakur. But, like any other case, if we come into more information, more evidence we can always consider filing additional charges.'

He added that action today would not be appropriate. The warning is hardly a surprise after thirty years of rumour, yet the file stays open.

The Million-Dollar Claim Heard by Jurors

Jurors heard recordings of Davis claiming that Combs had offered $1 million (£0.7 million) to have Shakur and Death Row Records co-founder Marion 'Suge' Knight killed. Combs has denied any involvement in Shakur's killing, and he has never been charged in the case.

Davis later recanted and pleaded not guilty. Defence lawyer Michael Sanft argued the tales were lies first told to dodge narcotics trouble, then repeated for profit in interviews and the memoir Compton Street Legend.

The recordings reached the jury after an immunity challenge failed. Prosecutors Binu Palal and Marc DiGiacomo framed the killing as gang revenge, not a paid hit. Las Vegas police have not named Combs as a suspect.

Combs Serves Federal Time as Questions Linger

Combs is serving a 50-month federal sentence imposed in October 2025 after a New York jury convicted him of two Mann Act counts of transportation to engage in prostitution and acquitted him of racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking.

Commentators note a separate Nevada case would not be barred by that term, but they also stress the age of the file and Davis's recanted words. Davis was arrested in September 2023 near Henderson, Nevada, after public statements revived the cold case.

Prosecutors built much of their case around Davis's interviews, public statements and 2019 memoir. Davis has said he will appeal after sentencing.

No potential charges against Combs have been filed in Las Vegas this week, and prosecutors say they will move only if new evidence appears.