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Lil Durk has been arrested on alleged federal murder-for-hire charges

Chicago rapper Lil Durk has reportedly been arrested in Florida on federal murder charges.

The arrest was reported by the Chicago Sun Times, NBC Miami and Fox 35 Orlando, citing Broward County jail records.

Lil Durk, whose real name is Durk Devontay Banks, does not appear to have been formally charged in federal court yet, but media outlets are reporting that he is being held by U.S. Marshals.

Although details of the alleged murder-for-hire have not yet been released, the arrest comes as five members of a Chicago music collective called Only the Family (OTF) have been charged with murder-for-hire in connection with a 2022 murder in Los Angeles Angeles. The indictment obtained by PEOPLE was filed in the Central District of California.

Although it is not clear whether 32-year-old Durk was arrested in connection with the same case, he is considered the founder and leader of the OTF.

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WGN, the Sun Times and CBS Chicago reported that the 2022 killing was in retaliation for the 2020 killing of rapper King Von, an OTF member. Media reports that Atlanta rapper Quando Rondo was the target of the alleged contract killing, but that his cousin was killed instead.

The indictment names five defendants but also mentions five unnamed alleged co-conspirators who prosecutors allege were part of the OTF.