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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Frank Main

FBG Duck’s Gold Coast killing followed years-long gang war involving girl gang assassin, other rapper, feds say

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Carlton Weekly, the slain Chicago rapper known as FBG Duck. (Sun-Times file)

Chicago rapper King Von stood over girl gang assassin Gakirah Barnes, pumping shot after shot into her in 2014, according to a new court filing that says Barnes’ death fueled a South Side gang war and led to the brazen daytime assassination of rival rapper FBG Duck in the luxury shopping district on Oak Street in 2020.

In their most detailed account of the killing yet, prosecutors have filed a 68-page court memo that lays out the evidence they expect to present at the trial of the six men charged in the shooting of FBG Duck, a Chicago rapper whose given name was Carlton Weekly.

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