A former gang member who says he worked “under the table” security for Suge Knight during Death Row Records‘ heyday testified Tuesday he knew “everybody that was there” the night Tupac Shakur was fatally shot in Las Vegas — but he’s not naming names. Taking the witness stand on the second day of Duane “Keffe D” Davis’ murder trial in Clark County, Nevada, James “Mob James” McDonald told jurors he was working at Knight’s Vegas nightclub, Club 662, when he learned Shakur and Knight had been wounded in a drive-by shooting on Sept. 7, 1996. McDonald, a member of the Mob Piru Bloods, made it clear he was testifying against his will under a court order.
He grew visibly exasperated when Davis’ defense lawyer, Michael Sanft, pressed him on cross-examination about what he heard in the aftermath of the shooting. When Sanft again asked him to get specific, McDonald appeared stunned and seemed to address Davis, seated in a black suit and tie at the defense table “Talk to your lawyer, man. This dude is tripping,” McDonald said.
I can’t answer that.” McDonald said he left gang life and is now raising his grandchildren. He said he only agreed to testify because he didn’t want to go on the run to avoid his subpoena. After the shooting, he said, “it wasn’t a problem for people to find out what happened.
No problem at all.” He said Orlando “Baby Lane” Anderson, whom prosecutors allege fired the shots that killed Shakur as Davis allegedly watched from the front seat, quickly became a target for retaliation. (Prosecutors claim Davis, who is Anderson’s uncle, procured the weapon and directed the shooting.) “When we got back to Compton, it was a gang war. People were getting hurt. People were looking for certain individuals,” he said.
He identified McDonald’s brother, Alton “Buntry” McDonald, as one of the members of Shakur’s and Knight’s entourage who was present when the men attended a Mike Tyson boxing match at the MGM Grand earlier that night. After the bout, Shakur got in a fight with Anderson inside the casino that was captured on surveillance video, prosecutors allege. Wright, who was a sworn Compton police officer in the early 1990s, reviewed the video from the witness stand and said he recognized McDonald’s brother, Alton, as one of the entourage members who also took part in the altercation.
He further identified another member of Knight’s private security, Roger “Neckbone” Williams, as taking part in the melee. Related Content C+C Music Factory Founder Sues Freedom Williams in $30 Million Trademark Lawsuit A Timeline of Donald Trump and Jimmy Kimmel’s Never-Ending Feud Wait, a Network Is Actually Suing the Trump Administration for Once? Tupac Shakur Murder Trial Opens 30 Years After Rapper’s Death: ‘An Act of Revenge’ Davis, 63, has pleaded not guilty to one count of murder with use of a deadly weapon.
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