Crime & Safety

Lil Durk Tied To Another Murder-For-Hire Plot, This One In Chicago

The plot has to do with the murder of Stephon Mack outside the Youth Peace Center of Roseland, 420 W. 111th St., on Jan. 7, 2022.

(Adam Harrington and John Odenthal, CBS Chicago)

December 13, 2024

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Newly unsealed court documents link Chicago rapper Lil Durk to a second murder-for-hire plot.

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The plot has to do with the murder of Stephon Mack outside the Youth Peace Center of Roseland, 420 W. 111th St., on Jan. 7, 2022.

Anthony Montgomery-Wilson and Preston Powell, both of Chicago, were indicted by a grand jury about a year ago in Mack's murder. The FBI linked Montgomery-Wilson and Powell to Durk using texts, confidential informants, phone call metadata, and social media posts—such as one reading, "Did Durk give U that money?"

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