A Las Vegas judge sentenced former Compton gang banger Duane "Keffe D" Davis to 40 years to life in prison for his role in the 1996 drive-by shooting that claimed the life of rapper Tupac Shakur.

The sentence brings an end to nearly three decades of wondering if anyone would ever be held responsible. Shakur's killing was rooted in a long-running gang and record label feud that captivated the world before and after his death.

Back in August, a Vegas jury found Davis, 63, guilty of first-degree murder with the use of a deadly weapon. According to the Associated Press, Davis stared blankly at Judge Carli Kierny as she imposed the penalty that will not allow him to be eligible for parole until Davis is at least 100.

"You don’t get to take a man from his family, you don’t get to take his very life, his whole future from him and just walk away from it, especially when that man is Tupac Shakur," Kierny said. "The world never forgot about him and his death and neither did Las Vegas."

In the 2018 BET television documentary series Death Row Chronicles, Davis said he was in the front passenger seat of the Cadillac with Tupac's killer when the shots were fired. At the time, he declined to name the shooter, citing "street code."

During the trial, however, prosecutors played a 2008 police recording where Davis confessed to passing a weapon to Deandre "Big Dre" Smith, who reportedly hesitated and didn't want to shoot. Davis said his nephew, Orlando "Baby Lane" Anderson, then took the gun and fired at 2Pac, striking him four times.

The shooting occurred the night of September 7, 1996, after 2Pac and his entourage assaulted Anderson after leaving the Bruce Seldon vs. Mike Tyson boxing match at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

2Pac was shot later that night near the Las Vegas Strip, while riding with Death Row Records co-founder Marion "Suge" Knight. He died six days later at 25.

Over the course of the six-day trial, jurors learned the beloved rapper sustained two gunshot wounds to the chest, one to the arm and one to the thigh. One bullet struck his right lung, causing its collapse and surgical removal, and a finger was shot off his hand.

Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson has said his office did not have enough evidence to charge anyone else, according to the AP. If more information surfaces, he said, prosecutors could consider filing additional charges.

"While no amount of time in prison can bring Tupac back, we hope this sentencing brings some measure of closure and peace to his family after nearly 30 years is a reminder that no matter how much time passes, our commitment to seeking justice never wavers."

While just one of four people supposedly inside of the Cadillac, Davis is the only one left alive. Anderson, whom Davis said was the shooter, died in a shootout at a Compton car wash in 1998, according to reports.

Witnesses testified at Davis' trial that imprisoned music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs hired members of the South Side Compton Crips as security for his label, Bad Boy Records.

In his book, Davis said Diddy offered him money to kill 2Pac and Knight. Combs, who is serving four years in federal prison for prostitution-related convictions, has repeatedly denied his involvement.