Friday, December 13, 2024 -American rapper, Lil Durk is now facing another legal battle.
According to legal documents obtained by the Chicago Tribune, the
28-year-old rapper legal name Devontay Banks has been linked
to another murd£r case.
The probe stems from the 2022 death of Stephon Mack, an
alleged gang leader who was fatally gunned down outside a Chicago youth center.
Authorities allege Durk orchestrated the fatal sho0ting to exact revenge
on the Gangster Disciples street gang, as one of its associates
allegedly murder£d Durk’s brother, Dontay Banks, in 2021.
“Lil Durk was and still is offering money for people to k!ll those
responsible for his brother’s murder, and more specifically, offering to pay
money for any Gangster Disciple that is k!lled,” a federal agent wrote.
Chicago law enforcement said Durk has not been charged in the Mack
murder investigation, which is still “open and active.”
The Tribune cited an April 2023 warrant
application that was unsealed Wednesday, December 11, ahead of Durk’s unrelated
detention hearing.
The Chicago rapper was arrested in October for his alleged involvement
in a murder-for-hire scheme. Prosecutors said Durk had put a hit on fellow
rapper Quando Rondo in response to King Von’s 2020 k!lling.
Authorities alleged Durk and his co-defendants targeted Rondo at a West
Hollywood gas station; however, the ambush resulted in the de@th of Rondo’s
cousin.
Durk was charged with one count of conspiracy; one count of use of
interstate facilities to commit murder-for-hire resulting in de@th; and one
count of using, carrying, and discharging firearms and a machine gun and
possession of such firearms in furtherance of a crime of violence resulting in
de@th.
His codefendants are 28-year-old Kavon London Grant, 33-year-old Deandre
Dontrell Wilson, 33-year-old Keith Jones, 33-year-old David Brian Lindsey, and
36-year-old Asa Houston.
“Mr. Banks is charged with orchestrating a cold-blooded murd£r that
resulted in the death of a rival’s family member,” United States Attorney
Martin Estrada said in a press release.
“Not only that, the shooting occurred in the open, at a gas station at a
busy intersection, endangering many others in the area. Violent gun crime of
this sort is devastating to our community and we will have zero-tolerance for
those who perpetrate such callous acts of violence.”
Durk has pleaded not guilty to the federal charges.
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