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Jurors were shown videos released by rapper King Von, who allegedly placed a bounty on FBG Duck and was later gunned down in another shooting in Atlanta.

Attorneys for the six men charged in FBG Duck’s brazen killing pushed to end the trial on Wednesday amid concerns over an FBI agent’s testimony about alleged witness retaliation.

CHICAGO — Prosecutors on Tuesday alleged the broad daylight killing of Chicago drill rapper FBG Duck in the ritzy Oak Street retail corridor was just one salvo in a deadly yearslong conflict between two warring gang factions that often bragged about their illicit activities in song lyrics and social media insults. The August 2020 homicide was described in detail as opening statements were ...

Federal prosecutors on Tuesday will begin making their case that FBG Duck was killed as part of a long-standing Chicago gang war.

Prosecutors on Tuesday alleged the broad daylight killing of Chicago drill rapper FBG Duck in the ritzy Oak Street retail corridor was just one salvo in a deadly yearslong conflict between two warring gang factions that often bragged about their illicit activities in song lyrics and social media insults. The August 2020 homicide was described in detail as opening statements were delivered ...

Jurors in a federal gang murder trial will be allowed to see video that depicts the last moments in the life of slain South Side drill rapper FBG Duck, a federal judge ruled Monday. The decision from U.S. District Judge Martha Pacold came on the eve of opening statements in the trial for the six men charged in the August 2020 broad daylight killing of FBG Duck in the Gold Coast neighborhood. ...

FBG Duck's mother, a woman affectionately known as 'Mama Duck,' has spoken out about her son's murder, alleging that King Von had him killed.

The federal racketeering trial of six reputed gang members in the 2020 Gold Coast slaying of Chicago rapper FBG Duck got off to a slow start Tuesday, with a pool of about 150 prospective jurors filling out lengthy questionnaires as attorneys continued to argue over the admissibility of key evidence. U.S. District Judge Martha Pacold said she intends to begin in-court questioning of the jury ...

Six “members and associates” of the O Block gang faction face trial Tuesday in a case likely to show gang-rap links that are painstakingly documented in fringe blogs, YouTube pages and online forums.

In Chicago, the price of illegal guns soared during the pandemic, but gangs were able to pay for them with fraudulent PPP and other COVID-19 relief money, agents say.