Lil Durk faces a brand new authorized headache after an accused hitman spilled detailed claims to a jailhouse informant a couple of bounty tied to the 2022 killing of Stephon Mack in Chicago.

The statements increase recent questions inside a federal case that already has the rapper held with out bond on a separate murder-for-hire cost.

Prosecutors say the difficulty started when Preston Powell, often known as Marley, and co-defendant Anthony Montgomery-Wilson have been linked to Mack’s capturing exterior the Youth Peace Center on Chicago’s Far South Side.

The alleged motive behind the hit ties straight again to Chicago avenue rigidity. Mack was accused of being involved in the killing of Durk’s brother, D-Thang, who was shot outside a Harvey nightclub in June 2021.

Powell is ready to be tried first, and the federal government is pushing to make use of Montgomery-Wilson’s statements in that trial as a result of these statements embody a direct declare {that a} bounty was provided for Mack’s loss of life by “Individual A,” a determine extensively believed to be Lil Durk.

Montgomery-Wilson’s arrest in February 2022 opened the door to the proof now on the middle of the courtroom struggle. Illinois State Police picked him up on a stolen automotive case, searched his not too long ago activated cellphone, and located textual content messages with Powell on February 10 about accumulating cost from “otf” on February 17.

That similar week, Individual A was in Chicago filming a podcast interview, which was later posted on YouTube. Digital recordsdata recovered from Montgomery-Wilson’s cellphone place him on the location the place that interview was recorded.

By the early hours of February 18, Montgomery-Wilson despatched extra messages to contacts because the alleged payout date approached.

Less than two weeks later, a Facebook Story surfaced on his account, displaying him holding money whereas an OTF music performed, with the lyrics flashing throughout the display screen. Prosecutors view the publish as bragging and level to it as proof of motive and connection.

The FBI escalated its technique as soon as Montgomery-Wilson entered IDOC custody. Agents organized for a confidential supply to share a cell with him, so they may document their conversations.

In these recordings, Montgomery-Wilson instructed the CS that he and Powell killed Mack, whom he referred to as Youngin, to gather the bounty. He additionally mentioned a Risky Road gang member served as the within supply who positioned Mack and saved in cellphone contact with Powell throughout the day of the capturing.

Phone data verify Powell communicated with a suspected Risky Road member who was current on the Youth Peace Center when Mack was killed.

Durk remains jailed in Florida on a separate federal murder-for-hire case, accusing him of ordering a retaliatory hit that led to the death of Lul Pab in 2022.

He pleaded not responsible and has a trial beginning in January 2026.

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