The unsolved killing of rapper Tupac Shakur has taken a major turn. Duane “Keffe D” Davis was arrested Friday morning and indicted on a murder charge. The case returned to the spotlight in July when Nevada authorities served a search warrant this week in connection with the rap star’s shooting death.

A suspect long known to police is arrested partly based on his memoir and TV interviews about the rapper’s shooting 27 years ago in Las Vegas.

Tupac Shakur is widely considered a pivotal figure in the development of hip-hop, and has influenced countless musicians in the years since he was gunned down aged only 25. Shakur (right) - pictured alongside Public Enemy rapper Flavor Flav - started performing at a young age,

For years, Duane “Keffe D” Davis has spoken about being in the car from which the late rapper was shot in 1996. Authorities took him into custody on Friday.