Rapper Lil Durk has been arrested on federal charges, alleging that he orchestrated a 2022 murder-for-hire plot against fellow rapper Quando Rondo in Los Angeles.
After Rondo’s cousin Saviay’a Robinson was fatally shot outside an L.A. gas station on Aug. 19, 2022, the Grammy winner was arrested late Thursday night near Miami International Airport as he attempted to flee the country, and charged with conspiracy to use interstate facilities to commit murder-for-hire resulting in death.
“Mr. Banks is charged with orchestrating a cold-blooded murder that resulted in the death of a rival’s family member,” said U.S. District Attorney Martin Estrada in a statement. “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.”