Lil Durk has tried homicide fees dropped

Rapper Lil Durk – actual title Durk Banks – has been cleared of the tried homicide fees that had been introduced in opposition to him in Atlanta in 2019.

In Might of that 12 months, the rapper turned himself in to the Atlanta Police Division, who had issued a warrant for his arrest in connection to a February capturing exterior restaurant The Varsity.

He and the late rapper King Von (who died in November 2020) appeared in court docket, the place they had been charged by a Fulton County decide with conspiracy to try homicide, aggravated assault, participation in avenue gang exercise, possession of firearm in the course of the fee of a felony, and possession of firearm by a convicted felon.

Per WSB-TV, the costs in opposition to Banks have now been dropped, with a Dismissal of Costs Movement issued by Georgia’s Superior Court docket of Fulton County. In it, District Legal professional Fani T. Willis cites “prosecutorial discretion” as the explanation, writing: “the info 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 right now is to not prosecute.”

Talking to WSB-TV in an announcement, Banks’ legal professional Manny Arora stated: “Whereas it took three years for the State to make the best choice, in the long run the best choice was made and Mr. Banks can lastly put this occasion behind him.”

“I’ve nothing to cover. I’ve nothing to run from,” Banks added.

After information of the warrant for his arrest broke, Banks took to Instagram to announce his intentions to show himself into authorities. He additionally launched an aptly titled single ‘Flip Myself In’, by which he rapped “false accusations why they title droppin’“.

In August, the rapper was injured throughout his set at Lollapalooza, after he by chance walked right into a pyrotechnic cannon and acquired two blasts of smoke to the face.