Lil Durk was arrested in South Florida and charged with murder-for-hire.
Lil Durk arrested on murder-for-hire charge
XXL Police records confirm that Durk was taken into custody on Thursday (October 24) in Broward County, Florida. The 32-year-old Chicago rapper, whose real name is Durk Banks, faces murder-for-hire charges and is being held without bail. He is currently being held in the Broward County Jail pending the transfer of custody to the U.S. Marshals. There are no further details on his arrest.
XXL has reached out to Lil Durk’s team for comment.
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Five OTF members arrested for murder of Quando Rondo’s cousin
Durk’s arrest comes hours after five Chicago natives and alleged OTF affiliates were arrested and charged with murder-for-hire and conspiracy to commit murder in connection with the 2022 Quando Rondo His cousin, Saviay’a Robinson, 24, was murdered in Los Angeles.
According to the Chicago Tribune, the indictment filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles alleges that all five men were associates of Lil Durk’s OTF group. Prosecutors said the five men paid for their flights and car rentals with credit cards linked to the tag. Prosecutors also reportedly claimed that an unnamed OTF member allegedly offered “lucrative music opportunities” to anyone who wanted to kill Quando Rondo.
Quando Rondo and his group were in Los Angeles on August 19, 2022, when their vehicle was shot at a gas station near Beverly Grove. Quando Rondo walked away unscathed. But his cousin was hit in the shooting and died of his injuries.
Police believe the shooting was retaliation for the death of Lil Durk protege King Von, who was shot and killed by a member of Quando Rondo following a fight outside an Atlanta lounge in November 2020.
