Overview
- A federal jury found Durk not guilty on all five counts tied to the August 2022 Beverly Center gas station shooting, returning the verdict on Friday after several days of deliberation.
- Two co-defendants, Deandre "OTF DeDe" Wilson and David "Browneyez" Lindsey, were acquitted of murder-for-hire but convicted of stalking that resulted in death.
- Prosecutors built the case on testimony from three cooperating witnesses and documentary evidence including flight and credit-card records, GPS and phone data, and surveillance video.
- Durk was taken back into federal custody after the verdict and will face separate racketeering and related murder and firearms charges at a trial scheduled to begin October 5.
- The case has raised questions about the use of rap lyrics and interviews as courtroom evidence and will shape how prosecutors pursue group-based violence charges in future federal trials.