Duane "Keffe D" Davis, a former Los Angeles gang leader, was found guilty on Monday by a Las Vegas court of the 1996 murder of chart-topping rapper Tupac Shakur. Thirty years after the rap legend's death, the jury found Davis, 63, guilty of murder after just a few hours of deliberation. "Count one, murder with use of a deadly weapon, guilty of first-degree murder with use of a deadly weapon," the foreperson of the jury announced to the court.

Davis, who faces possible life in prison without parole, addressed Judge Carli Kierny after the verdict was announced and stated his intention to appeal. The one-time leader of the South Side Compton Crips was accused of ordering the September 7, 1996, killing of the hip-hop artist after his own nephew had been beaten by members of Shakur's entourage at a Las Vegas casino.

According to prosecutors, Davis handed the gun to someone sitting in the back seat of the Cadillac and ordered that person to shoot Shakur, who died six days later. Davis is the only person who was in the Cadillac that evening who is still alive. The driver of the BMW, Death Row Records co-founder Marion "Suge" Knight, was wounded in the attack.

The killing of Shakur, also known as 2Pac, has been one of America's most famous cold cases, prompting endless debate among music fans over who did it and why. Davis is the only person to have been charged in connection with the shooting of Shakur. Sentencing is scheduled for October 13.