Sparks fly, Nevada judge sets deadline in bail bid for man charged in Tupac Shakur killing

LAS VEGAS — (AP) — Sparks flew in court Tuesday as a Nevada judge rebuked a defense attorney and an ailing former Los Angeles-area gang leader lashed out against prosecutors during his renewed effort to be freed from jail to house arrest ahead of his trial in the 1996 killing of hip-hop legend Tupac Shakur. Clark County District Court Judge Carli Kierny, who last month rejected Duane “Keffe D” Davis’ bid to have a hip-hop music figure put up $112,500 to obtain Davis’ $750,000 bail bond, issued a terse written order hours later giving Davis’ lawyer, Carl Arnold, one week to provide more documentation about the source of the money. The judge said she wanted “to lay to rest the court’s concern” that music executive Cash “Wack 100” Jones was “acting as a front or middleman for some other entity or person.” In court, Kierny accused Arnold of shaping media attention about the case involving one of hip-hop music’s most enduring mysteries. “It seems like your plan, your end goal here, is to make some kind of show for the press of this trial,” Kierny said. “That’s not my end goal here, your honor,” Arnold responded. “My end goal is...