Lil Durk, one of the most successful rappers to come out of Chicago's Drill scene, was arrested late last week in Florida and subsequently charged with murder-for-hire. In the days since Lil Durk's arrest, details surrounding the case have been released and what was revealed was shocking.
Lil Durk, real name Durk Devontay Banks, was arrested on October 24th by the US Marshals Service while on his way to board a plane bound for Italy. Local store in Miami WSVN obtained a copy of the 11-page criminal complaint that lays out all the details and allegations of the murder-for-hire plot that targeted rival rapper Quando Rondo but resulted in the death of Rondo's cousin, Lul Pab.
With Durk named as the mastermind of the murder plot, the criminal complaint goes into more detail about how the investigation unfolded and ensnared not only the rapper but also members of the Only The Family (OTF) collective.
According to authorities, Lil Durk is alleged to be the designated leader of the OTF, which operated as a gang and carried out violent acts under his orders. The complaint goes back to the killing of Dayvon “King Von” Bennett, who was shot and killed on November 6, 2020, by an affiliate of Quando Rondo after an argument went left.
The complaint alleges that Durk gave Rondo a reward at the time of Vaughn's death. Durk was allegedly working with other suspects Kavon London Grant, Deandre Dontrell Wilson, Keith Jones, David Brian Lindsey and Asa Houston, who all discovered that Rondo was staying at a Los Angeles hotel around August 18, 2022.
Grant used a card belonging to Durk, which was linked to OTF record label operations, booking flights to California and rental cars. Durk wrote in a text exchange with Grant not to book flights for anyone associated with the rapper. Dark and Grant flew to Los Angeles before the Lull Pub shooting on August 19, 2022 with Rondo as the main target. The other suspects flew commercials from Chicago to Los Angeles.
Grant, Wilson, Jones, Lindsey and Houston were arrested before Durk, who tipped the OTF honcho to book a pair of international flights to Dubai and Switzerland, but Durk never showed up for them the flights. The attempted flight to Italy from Miami is when the US Marshals Service located Durk and took him into custody.
In a press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of California via Justice.gov, authorities have targeted Durk and his co-defendants.
From justice.gov:
“Mr. Banks is accused of orchestrating a cold-blooded murder that resulted in the death of a family member of an adversary,” said United States Attorney Martin Estrada. “Not only that, the shooting took place in the open, at a gas station at a busy intersection, putting many others in the area at risk. Violent gun crimes of this nature are devastating to our community and we will have zero tolerance for those who commit such cruel acts of violence.”
“The arrest of Mr. Banks as he attempted to flee the United States is once again proof that the FBI and our outstanding partners at the Los Angeles Police Department have a long reach,” said Achille Davis, Assistant Director of the FBI's Los Angeles. Field office. “No excuse can justify this brutal act, and let me be clear: While you go about your life thinking you 'got away with it,' the FBI is gathering the facts that will serve as a tip-off.”
Lil Durk will have a pretrial release, but the date has not been set.
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