Charges Dropped Against Lil Durk Over 2019 Atlanta Shooting

Rapper Lil Durk is now not going through legal expenses in Georgia over a 2019 capturing in downtown Atlanta, after prosecutors stated they have been selecting to not pursue the case.

In a courtroom submitting reviewed by Billboard, the Fulton County District Legal professional’s Workplace advised a state decide that it might train “prosecutorial discretion” to drop the fees in opposition to the Chicago rapper, whose actual title is Durk Derrick Banks.

“The information of this case have been reviewed and, though it seems that possible trigger existed for the defendant’s arrest, the choice of the District Legal professional at the moment is to not prosecute,” the DA’s workplace wrote within the submitting, made Oct. 17 in Fulton County Superior Court docket.

The Fulton County District Legal professional’s Workplace didn’t instantly return a request for remark from Billboard.

Durk, 30, surrendered to Fulton County authorities in Might 2019 on expenses that included tried homicide. Prosecutors stated Durk and the late rapper King Von have been concerned in a capturing that February close to the favored Atlanta restaurant The Varsity, which left a sufferer with a non-fatal gunshot wound to the thigh.

On the time, the Chicago rapper declared his innocence. “As soon as I heard, I instantly got here again,” he advised native outlet WSB-TV. “I’ve nothing to cover. I’ve nothing to run from.” Durk additionally launched a monitor in an try to clear his title:  “Search for on the decide, can’t look, keep makin’ up lies for certain/ I’m a harmless man for certain, it’s what it’s for certain/ No one gon’ experience, had a warrant so I can’t conceal.”

Von (actual title Dayvon Daquan Bennett) was later killed in a capturing at an Atlanta nightclub. He was 26 on the time.

Durk’s legal professional, Manny Arora, didn’t return a request for remark from Billboard on Monday (Oct. 24), however in an announcement advised WSB-TV, “Whereas it took three years for the State to make the precise choice, ultimately the precise choice was made and Mr. Banks can lastly put this occasion behind him.”