Lil Durk has been charged in a superseding federal grand jury indictment, in which the Chicago rapper is accused of conspiring with other charged individuals to “murder a rival rapper.”
On Friday, November 8, the Justice Department announced that Lil Durk (born Durk Banks) has been hit with additional charges in connection to the alleged murder-for-hire plot against Quando Rondo.
In a press release, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California noted that the superseding indictment sees two new felony charges added in Durk’s case. Previously, he was charged in a criminal complaint . The newly revealed indictment sees the artist added as the lead defendant.
A statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office from the Central District of California says that Durk is charged with one count of use of interstate facilities to commit murder-for-hire resulting in death, 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 death. United States Attorney Martin Estrada said: . “Mr. Banks is charged with orchestrating a cold-blooded murder that resulted in the death of a rival’s family member. 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 is specifically accused conspiracy; use of interstate facilities to commit murder-for-hire resulting in death; and using, carrying, and discharging firearms and a machine gun and possession of those weapons in furtherance of a crime of violence causing death. He was initially arrested in Miami last month but was recently transferred to California.
Also charged in connection with the fatal August 2022 shooting in question 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. Grant, Wilson, Jones, Lindsey, and Houston were arrested last month and remain in federal custody in Illinois on charges of one count of conspiracy, one count of use of interstate facilities to commit murder-for-hire resulting in death, 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 death. Jones faces an additional count of possession of a machine gun.
If convicted, all six defendants could face a maximum sentence of life in federal prison.
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