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

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

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

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

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

Hours before his arrest, five men allegedly associated with Durk’s hip-hop group Only the Family (OTF) were indicted in Los Angeles on federal charges related to the same plot to kill Rondo, whose real name is Tyquian Terrel Bowman.

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

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

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

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

King Von, pictured here in 2020, was murdered that same year after an argument. WireImage
The five men are said to have used a credit card from Durk’s hip-hop group to purchase plane tickets to hunt Rondo in Los Angeles. FilmMagic

Prosecutors allege that the five men allegedly used a credit card linked to OTF to purchase plane tickets to Los Angeles in August 2022 to track down Rondo.

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

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

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

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

After the shooting ended, the five men met at a restaurant to discuss payment before using the same credit card to book flights back to Chicago.

Durk is not named as a suspect in the indictment against the five men. He has also previously dismissed claims that OTF is a gang.

Durk, pictured here in 2022, has previously claimed that his hip-hop group is a gang. Getty Images
Durk was previously charged 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 was charged with misdemeanor assault for his alleged connection to a February shooting.

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