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CHICAGO (AP) — Five alleged gang members have been indicted on murder charges in last year’s shooting death of a Chicago rapper that prosecutors say was part of ongoing violence over gang territories on the city’s South Side.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Chicago said in a news release that the O-Block gang gunned down Carlton Weekly, aka “FBG Duck,” in August 2020 in the Gold Coast neighborhood, & “claimed responsibility for acts of violence in Chicago & used social media & music to increase their criminal enterprise.”
Charged with committing murder in aid of racketeering, assault in the aid of racketeering & various weapons charges are Chicago residents Charles Liggins, 30, aka "C Murda"; Kenneth Roberson, 28, aka "Kenny Mac"; Tacarlos Offerd, 30, aka "Los"; Christopher Thomas, 22, aka "C Thang"; & Marcus Smart, 22, aka "Muwop."
Liggins, Offerd, Thomas & Smart entered pleas of not guilty & the judge ordered that they remain in custody pending detention hearings. Roberson was not in court & the U.S. Attorney’s Office said his initial hearing was not scheduled.
Weekly was standing outside a store on Oak Street in broad daylight when two men climbed from two vehicles, opened fire, then climbed back into the vehicles & drove off. Weekly was killed & a woman & another man were injured. Police said it appeared to be a “targeted” attack on either Weekly or another man nearby. The Chicago Tribune reported that police determined the 26-year-old Weekly may have been targeted because days earlier he had made a video in which he disparaged rival gang members who had died.
Liggins, Offerd, Thomas & Smart were arrested Wednesday morning & Roberson was already in custody in Cook County Jail.
The federal murder count carries a mandatory minimum sentence of life in prison and a maximum sentence of the death penalty.
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