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Tupac detective says cops now have ‘all the evidence they need to make an arrest’
ONE of the original detectives who investigated the murder of Tupac Shakur has revealed cops have all the evidence they need to put someone behind bars.
Retired LAPD homicide officer Greg Kading has now called on the Las Vegas force to do the "responsible thing" and make an arrest.
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Kading said homicide detectives in Sin City have all the "probable cause" they need to charge someone over the rapper's murder.
He said the probe all centres on Duane Keith 'Keffe D' Davis - an uncle of the original prime suspect Orlando Anderson.
Back in 2009 Kading was questioning Davis over the Los Angeles murder of Biggie Smalls when he said Davis surprisingly confessed to his role in Tupac's murder.
“(Anderson) leaned over and rolled down the window and popped him,” Davis said in a recording from the interview.
Davis had claimed his aim was not good enough, so he handed the gun that killed the rapper to his nephew who he said fired the shots.
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Anderson was killed two years later in a gang-related shootout at a car wash in, Willowbrook, California.
: "Clearly there is probable cause to arrest him (Davis)."
Davis’s initial statements were protected by what’s known as a proffer session, where a person is allowed to give information about a crime without their confession being used against them in court.
What’s not protected, Kading said, were the related public confessions Davis has since made on radio interviews and in a new book being sold on Amazon.
“(He’s) boasting about it, and making money off of it and taunting law enforcement,” he said.
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When asked, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department would only say that the case was still an open investigation.
“I don’t know why, after all these months, nothing has been done,” said Kading.
Tupac died days after he was gunned down more than 22 years ago while driving through Las Vegas with Death Row Records boss Suge Knight.
A shooter in a white Cadillac, which pulled up on the right-hand passenger side of Tupac's BMW at traffic lights, opened fire at 11.15pm on September 7, 1996.
In his book 'Compton Street Legend ' Davis reveals EXACTLY why the rap star was shot.
He writes: "The s*** was on, Tupac made an erratic move and began to reach down beneath his seat.
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"It was the first and only time of my life I could relate to the police command 'keep your hands where I can see them'.
"Instead Pac pulled out a strap and that’s when the fireworks started. One of my guys from the backseat grabbed a Glock and started busting back.
"The first shot skinned Suge in the head and I thought that m*********** was dead.
"I’d heard some stories that Suge used Tupac as a shield when the bullets started flying but that’s some b*****, Suge was already wounded and he was the one that got touched.
"As the rounds continued flying I ducked down so I wouldn’t get hit."
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David refused to reveal who fired the shot saying ‘it’s for the streets’, but in the previous taped confession under immunity he claimed his nephew was responsible.
Tupac was hit four times - in the chest, arm and thigh - and died in hospital six days later. No one has ever been caught for the killing.
“I was a Compton kingpin, drug dealer, I’m the only one alive who can really tell you story about the Tupac killing,” bragged Davis earlier this year.
“People have been pursuing me for 20 years, I’m coming out now because I have cancer. And I have nothing else to lose. All I care about now is the truth.”
He explained how after his nephew was beaten up by Tupac and his entourage he went looking for revenge with his pals.
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“People have been pursuing me for 20 years, I’m coming out now because I have cancer. And I have nothing else to lose. All I care about now is the truth," he said at the time.
Tupac and his crew - some of whom were associated with LA gang The Bloods - attacked Orlando ";Baby Lane" Anderson in the lobby of a Las Vegas casino.
Compton-based Anderson was reportedly a rival Crips gang member who previously robbed a medallion from one of Tupac's entourage.
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