Chicago rapper Lil Durk arrested in Florida over murder-for-hire plot

BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. — Chicago rapper “Lil Durk” was arrested by U.S. marshals in Florida Thursday night.

“Lil Durk,” 32, whose birth name is Durk Banks, was booked into Broward County Jail on murder-for-hire charges, according to jail records.

On Thursday, five members of Banks’ hip-hop group “Only the Family” (OTF), was accused It concerns federal charges in a plot to kill rapper Quando Rondo in Los Angeles.

Kavon London Grant, Deandre Dontrell Wilson, Keith Jones, David Brian Lindsey and Asa Houston are charged in the indictment unsealed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles.

Federal charges filed against 5 defendants in murder-for-hire in retaliation for the killing of rapper King Von

The people named in the indictment face charges such as conspiracy to commit murder for hire, murder for hire resulting in death, and using, carrying and throwing firearms and machine guns in furtherance of the crime of armed assault. violence resulting in death.

Rondo survived a shooting in Los Angeles two years ago, but his cousin was killed.

Investigators say Rondo was targeted because he was suspected of being involved in the death Emerging rapper from Chicago King Von is in Atlanta in 2020.

banks A lawsuit was filed earlier this month FBG Duck fatally shot outside Gold Coast store in 2020.

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