Rapper Lil Durk will have to turn in his key to the Chicago Village of Broadview following his arrest in connection with an ambush on rap rival Quando Rondo in Los Angeles in 2022.
The Chicago rapper, who was picked up by U.S. Marshals near Miami International Airport, has been charged with a federal count of conspiracy to use interstate facilities to commit murder-for-hire resulting in death, as previously reported.
Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson released a statement Oct. 25, on social media to say Durk’s village key has been revoked, and Broadview has ended its partnership with his foundation, the Neighborhood Heroes Foundation.
“While the American system of justice grants everyone the presumption of innocence until proven guilty in a court of law, in the Village of Broadview, the court of public opinion of residents has even higher moral and ethical standards of behavior. And our public partners must also reflect the same uncompromising standards demanded by our residents,” wrote Thompson.
The mayor added, “Given the news that Durk ‘Lil Durk’ Banks has been arrested in Florida and charged with murder for hire, the Village of Broadview is withdrawing our honorary ‘key to the village’ granted to Durk and is terminating our partnership agreement with his youth organization, Neighborhood Heroes Foundation. As mayor, protecting Broadview’s interests and upholding the values of residents is job number one.”
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Durk was presented with the key on Oct. 18, just days before his arrest on Oct. 24.
During the ambush shooting near L.A.’s Beverly Center shopping mall, gunmen missed rapper Quando Rondo, but his cousin was killed.
Lil Durk, 32, is currently being held without bond at the Broward County Jail in Fort Lauderdale, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California said Friday in a news release.
In addition to Durk, five members of his Chicago-based Only The Family (OTF) music collective were arrested Thursday in Chicago, for their alleged roles in the L.A. shooting.
All five have been charged with 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 charge of possession of a machine gun.
Lil Durk is set to be arraigned “in the coming weeks” after he’s transferred to Los Angeles the U.S. Attorney’s office said.
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