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  Duane “Keffe D” Davis, a former Los Angeles area gang leader accused of killing Tupac Shakur, in 1996, is seeking house arrest until the June trial.
  
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  Davis (60) made the request, citing his poor health. He claimed that he was not a threat to the community, nor a flight risk.
  
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  According to prosecutors, jail recordings and the list of names provided to Davis’s family could cause harm to potential witnesses.
  

The former Los Angeles gang member charged with the 1996 murder of hip-hop music legend Tupac Shakur will ask a court on Tuesday for him to be released to house arrest before his trial in June.

Duane Davis’ lawyers, appointed by the court, say that their client is 60 years old and in poor health. They also claim that he poses no threat to the community or will flee for trial. They ask the judge to limit his bail to $100,000.

Davis, who was arrested outside of his suburban Henderson home on Sept. 29, where Las Vegas had served a warrant for a search in mid-July, has pleaded no contest to the murder charge. He has been jailed since then without bail. The only person to be charged in relation to the shooting which also injured rap music mogul Marion “Suge”, Davis is the sole suspect.

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In a court document filed last week, prosecutors claim that a recording of Davis’ jail phone and a list provided to Davis family members shows that witnesses are at risk if Davis is released.

Davis’ own words, which he has been using since 2008 in interviews with police and his tell-all book in 2019, as well as in the media, provide strong evidence that the drive-by shooting in September 1996 was orchestrated by him.

Knight, now 58 years old, is serving a 28-year sentence in a California jail for a shooting unrelated to the one that killed Compton businessman, in 2015.

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Davis is currently being held in the Clark County Detention Center, Las Vegas. There, detainees are regularly recorded on their phone calls. He could spend his entire life in Nevada state prison if convicted.

In an audio recording from October, prosecutors claim Davis’ son told the defendant that he gave “green light” approval to kill Shakur. Marc DiGiacomo, Binu Pall and other prosecutors said that federal authorities “stepped up and provided resources to (at least) one witness so he can change his residence.”

The court documents make no mention of Davis ordering anyone to hurt someone or anyone involved in the case.

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Robert Arroyo told The Associated Press that he had not seen any evidence of a witness being named or threatened.

Davis was born in Compton , California . He claims that in 2008, FBI agents and Los Angeles Police who were investigating the murders of Shakur and Christopher Wallace (also known as The Notorious B.I.G.) in Las Vegas granted him immunity from prosecution. Or Biggie Smalls in Los Angeles in March 1997.

Davis’ lawyers argue that Davis’ descriptions of Shakur killing were “done to entertain and make money.”