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Rapper Lil Durk arrested in murder-for-hire plot targeting Quando Rondo
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Rapper Lil Durk arrested in murder-for-hire plot targeting Quando Rondo

Rapper Lil Durk has been charged in a murder-for-hire plot targeting Quando Rondo. Broward County Sheriff’s Office

Rapper Lil Durk has been charged in a murder-for-hire plot targeting fellow musician Quando Rondo, who was allegedly involved in the 2020 King Von murder.

According to jail records, the 32-year-old man – whose real name is Durk Devontay Banks – was arrested Thursday evening and is being held without bail at the Broward County Jail in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Hours before his arrest, five men allegedly with ties to Durk’s hip-hop group, Only the Family (OTF), were charged in Los Angeles with the same plot to murder Rondo, whose real name is Tyquian Terrel Bowman.

Five men believed to have ties to Durk’s hip-hop group have been charged in the same plot to murder Rondo. WireImage
Rondo, pictured here in 2019, was targeted after his associate shot King Von. MovieMagic

By TMZKavon London Grant, Deandre Dontrell Wilson, Keith Jones, David Brian Lindsey and Asa Houston were charged with conspiracy to commit murder for hire; committing murder for hire resulting in death; and carrying and discharging firearms and a machine gun in connection with a crime of violence resulting in death.

In the indictment, officials claim the five men planned to kill Rondo in August 2022 as revenge for King Von’s death.

Von, who was 26 at the time, was shot and killed by Lul Timm, Quando’s associate.

King Von, pictured here in 2020, was murdered the same year after an argument. WireImage
The five men allegedly used a credit card associated with Durk’s hip-hop group to buy plane tickets to stalk Rondo in Los Angeles. MovieMagic

Prosecutors say the five men allegedly used a credit card associated with OTF to purchase plane tickets to Los Angeles in August 2022 to stalk Rondo.

Once in California, Grant allegedly booked a hotel room for the men and provided them with firearms. He also allegedly rented cars so they could follow Rondo and his cousin Saviay’a Robinson.

While Rondon and Robinson stopped for gas, Houston allegedly parked in a nearby alley before Jones, Lindsey and a third unidentified man shot them.

The five men then opened fire on Rondo and his cousin as they stopped to fill up with gas. (Durk pictured here in 2023) Getty Images for iHeartRadio
Rondo, pictured here in 2019, was unhurt but his cousin was fatally shot. Getty Images

Rondo, 25, was not injured, but his cousin was fatally shot. He was 24 years old.

After filming wrapped, the five met at a restaurant to discuss payment before the same credit card was used to book flights back to Chicago.

Durk is not named as a defendant in the indictment against the five men. He has also previously shut down claims that the FTO is a gang.

Durk, pictured here in 2022, previously shut down claiming his hip-hop group was a gang. Getty Images
Durk previously faced charges in connection with another shooting in 2019. Rob Grabowski/Invision/AP

This isn’t the first time Lil Durk has been charged in connection with a shooting.

In 2019, he faced criminal charges for his alleged connection to a February shooting.

He handed over to the police in May of the same year, he was charged with criminal attempt to murder, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony and gang activity.