A Los Angeles federal jury on Friday found Grammy-winning rapper Lil Durk not guilty of murder-for-hire, conspiracy and stalking resulting in death charges in the 2022 killing of rapper Quando Rondo’s cousin, according to the Los Angeles Times.
\n\nProsecutors alleged that rapper (real name: Durk Banks) directed hit men to target rapper Quando Rondo, born Tyquian Bowman, for revenge after the death of his friend Dayvon Bennett, a.k.a. the rapper King Von. However, prosecutors claimed, the gunmen fatally shot Bowman’s cousin Saviay’a Robinson at the crowded Los Angeles shopping mall the Beverly Center. Prosecutors said three gunmen fired 18 rounds at the vehicle in which Bowman and Robinson were riding.
\n\nDeandre Wilson and David Lindsey, who prosecutors claimed was one of the gunmen, were also on trial and were convicted on the charges of conspiracy to commit stalking, stalking using a dangerous weapon and stalking resulting in death, but were acquitted on the murder-for-hire charges. Wilson’s attorney had claimed that he was just a “passenger” during the murder.
\n\nOne prosecutor, Assistant U.S. Attorney Ian Yanniello, said, “No one is saying he was the one on the ground with a gun in his hand in Los Angeles, but you know this…
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