Rapper Lil Durk found not guilty on all charges in murder-for-hire trial

Lil Durk, born Durk Banks, has been acquitted of multiple criminal charges in his federal murder-for-hire case.

Following a weeks-long trial, the rapper, 33, was found not guilty Friday, Sept. 11, of all charges he faced in connection with a 2022 shooting near the Beverly Center in Los Angeles. Two co-defendants were also acquitted.

The charges included one count of conspiracy, one count of using 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."

Banks was arrested in 2024 for his alleged involvement in the August 2022 fatal shooting of a rival rapper's cousin, according to an indictment obtained by USA TODAY. He denied the allegations and pleaded not guilty.

Banks is accused of placing "bounties on individuals that he and other Banks Gang Enterprise members wanted to kill," including Georgia rapper Tyquian Bowman, known as Quando Rondo, according to the indictment.

Prosecutors allege that on Aug. 19, 2022, Banks had his associates track and stalk Bowman for several hours before firing at his car at least 18 times at a Los Angeles…

Original source: https://www.usatoday.com/entertainment/