{"id":3095,"date":"2024-10-25T15:06:19","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T15:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/lil-durk-arrested-on-murder-for-hire-charge-in-florida\/"},"modified":"2024-10-25T15:06:19","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T15:06:19","slug":"lil-durk-arrested-on-murder-for-hire-charge-in-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/lil-durk-arrested-on-murder-for-hire-charge-in-florida\/","title":{"rendered":"Lil Durk Arrested on Murder-for-Hire Charge in Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n\tRapper Lil Durk was arrested late Thursday (Oct. 24) in Florida on a federal murder-for-hire charge, hours after several of his alleged associates were indicted on similar charges over their alleged involvement in a shooting aimed at rapper Quando Rando.<\/p>\n

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\n\tThe Chicago rapper (Durk Devontay Banks) is being held in Broward County jail on behalf of the U.S. Marshals Office, according to Broward Sheriff\u2019s Office inmate records. Charges are not yet public in court records, and additional details on the case against him are not yet available.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe star\u2019s attorney, Brian Bieber, confirmed to Billboard <\/em>that Durk was in custody and would have an initial court appearance in Florida federal court on Friday.<\/p>\n

\n\tDurk\u2019s arrest came hours after Los Angeles federal prosecutors unsealed an indictment against several alleged members of Durk\u2019s Only the Family (OTF) hip-hop group. The five men \u2014 Kavon London Grant, Deandre Dontrell Wilson, Keith Jones, David Brian Lindsey and Asa Houston \u2014 are charged with murder-for-hire and murder-for-hire conspiracy.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn the indictment, prosecutors say the five men were behind a 2022 shooting in Los Angeles aimed at Quando Rondo (Tyquian Bowman) that left his cousin dead. They say that shooting was ordered by an unnamed co-conspirator in retaliation for a 2020 shooting in Atlanta, in which a Rondo associate allegedly shot and killed Chicago rapper King Von (Dayvon Bennett).<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cAfter the [2020] murder, Co-Conspirator 1 made clear, in coded language, that Co-Conspirator 1 would pay a bounty or monetary reward, and\/or make payment to anyone who took part in killing T.B. for his role in D.B.\u2019s murder,\u201d prosecutors write, using Rondo and Von\u2019s initials.<\/p>\n

\n\tDurk is not charged or mentioned in the earlier case.<\/p>\n

\n\tKing Von, a rising rapper in Chicago\u2019s drill scene and a childhood friend of Durk, was shot and killed outside an Atlanta nightclub on Nov. 6, 2020, after an argument between two groups turned into a fight in the parking lot. A 22-year-old man named Timothy Leeks, reportedly an associate of Rondo, was arrested days later, but the case was eventually dropped.<\/p>\n

\n\tTwo years later, on Aug. 19, 2022, Rondo and associate Lul Pab (Saviay\u2019a Robinson) were ambushed by gunmen while sitting in their car at a Los Angeles gas station. Rondo emerged unscathed, but Robinson later died at the hospital.<\/p>\n

\n\tAccording Thursday\u2019s indictment, that killing was allegedly carried out by OTF members Grant, Wilson and Houston, as well as by Jones and Lindsey, who prosecutors say were \u201cmembers of other gangs in Chicago.\u201d They allege the group \u201cused two vehicles to track, stalk, and attempt to kill T.B. by gunfire \u2014 including with a fully automatic firearm \u2014 resulting in the death of S.R.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tProsecutors say the group carried out the attack on orders from the unnamed \u201cCo-Conspirator 1\u201d in retaliation for the earlier King Von slaying. At one point, that unnamed conspirator allegedly texted another co-conspirator: \u201cDon\u2019t book no flights under no names involved wit me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cCo-Conspirator 1 would place bounties on individuals that Co-Conspirator 1 and other OTF members wanted to kill, including T.B.,\u201d prosecutors write in Thursday\u2019s indictment. \u201cAs part of the bounty, co-conspirators \u2026 would pay anyone who took part in the killing of T.B. and\/or reward individuals with lucrative music opportunities with OTF.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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