Lil Durk Has Chicago City Key Rescinded After Murder-For-Hire Arrest

Lil Durk‘s key to Chicago has been rescinded following his murder-for-hire arrest.

Durk was recently awarded the “key to the village” on Saturday (Oct. 19), with the mayor celebrating the artist for his commitment to uplifting the city’s youth. Mayor Katrina Thompson typed in a Facebook post that Durk “signed a partnership agreement with his Neighborhood Heroes Foundation to create Kaleidoscope Zones to work with students from both communities to help support sustainability projects in Broadview and Bellwood.”

However, regarding his arrest, TMZ reported that Mayor Thompson addressed Lil Durk’s recent run-in with the law on social media and the city’s decision to take the key back.

“While the American system of justice grants everyone the presumption of innocence until proven guilty in a court of law, in the Village of Broadview, the court of public opinion of residents has even higher moral and ethical standards of behavior,” Thompson typed. “And our public partners must also reflect the same uncompromising standards demanded by our residents.”

“Given the news that Durk “Lil Durk” Banks has been arrested in Florida and charged with murder for hire, the Village of Broadview is withdrawing our honorary ‘key to the village’ granted to Durk and is terminating our partnership agreement with his youth organization, Neighborhood Heroes Foundation. As mayor, protecting Broadview’s interests and upholding the values of residents is job number one.”

As previously reported, Durkio was arrested for his role in an alleged murder-for-hire plot, per CBS Chicago. The outlet details that Devontay Durk Banks’ detainment arrived days after members of his OTF crew were indicted as “co-conspirators in a murder-for-hire plot in Los Angeles, California.” It’s currently unclear whether Banks’ arrest is connected to the same case involving his OTF camp.

Investigators close to Durk’s case are stating that his murder-for-hire connection is retaliation for the death of King Von, a close friend to the rapper. No other information regarding Lil Durk’s arrest has been released as of Friday (Oct. 25).