The 26-year-old was unarmed and the other two deceased victims from the shooting are affiliates of the late rapper, according to Hip Hop journalist Akademiks. Leaked CCTV footage from outside of Monaco Hookah Lounge in Atlanta appears to show Von in a fight with an individual, who some observers have identified as rapper Quando Rondo, before a man, who is believed to be Lil Tim, appears to come from the other side of an SUV and fire several rounds into a victim that appears to be Von. Two police officers who were working at the nightclub noticed the shooting and exchanged gunfire with some of the people involved. Pic credit: Leeks is in police custody at Grady Hospital where he is undergoing treatment for a gunshot wound,” an Atlanta police spokeswoman said to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution adding, “The homicide of Bennett is closed with this arrest.” Lil Tim and Quando Rondo filming a music video hours before the deadly encounter with King Von and affiliates. Lil Tim has been arrested by Atlanta police as he receives treatment for a gunshot wound he sustained in the altercation at the Atlanta nightclub. The 22-year-old appears to be wearing the same clothes in images of the music video and the footage of the altercation at the Atlanta nightclub. Lil Tim appeared to be shooting a music video, according to his now-deleted Instagram page only hours before the shooting that led to King Von and two others being shot to death. He is best known for his songs Imperfect Flower, Scarred From Love, and I Remember. Rondo is a 21-year-old rapper from Georgia, who is signed to NBA Youngboy’s Never Broke Again record label and Atlantic Records. Lil Tim is a 22-year-old rapper and affiliate of Quando Rondo. Timothy Leeks, also known as Lul Tim or Lil Tim was arrested for the shooting death of King Von, whose real name was Dayvon Bennett. Big ass Backwoods, we gon’ roll his ass up.Rising rap star King Von was shot to death at age 26 after an altercation in an Atlanta nightclub with members of Quando Rondo’s crew, according to multiple reports. “We gon’ roll his ass up real soon,” he said. Lul Tim was released on bond last month, and when close King Von associate Lil Reese was asked how he felt about it, he didn’t mince his words. In the wake of the deadly shooting, a number of Quando Rondo’s shows were shut down by local authorities due to concerns of violence. “I’ll piss on his grave.” Before he died, Von was similarly criticized for dissing the dead in his music, particuarly when he disrespected late 15-year-old Shondale “Tooka” Gregory in a song. The interview comes shortly after the rapper seemingly dissed King Von during his virtual concert. “He got caught without that pole and now that bitch ass n***a gone,” Rondo said in a clip that surfaced on social media. Surveillance videos showed Rondo helping Lul Tim, who was charged for the murder of Von, get to the hospital. He has also since expressed his support for him on social media and on his song “ End of Story,” a move which was met with criticism. Quando Rondo has previously said that him and his crew acted in self-defense. TMZ reports that Quando Rondo’s woke up to see the altercation already going down, with Von allegedly approaching him and his crew aggressively. The interview wraps up there for now, but throughout Rondo does not name Lul Tim or King Von directly. It’s like I had an out-of-body experience.” “I’m thinking these were some regular individuals. I’m not about to try and go through these people or nothing like that,” he continued. I’m about to let these people walk past me. “In my mind, I’m just thinking regular, in reality like you would think. After he slept for a bit, he said he walked from the car to see “a group of people” coming toward him. Rondo has maintained that he was sleeping in the car before the shooting happened. “I said, ‘I’m not going in the club. Find you a lil female or whatever, you got fifteen minutes ‘cuz. “I walked to the car, I tell my brother, I say, ‘it’s this amount to park right here,’” he said, talking about Timothy ‘Lul Tim’ Leeks, the rapper who allegedly shot Von. Explaining what happened from his perspective, Quando Rondo explained what lead up to the shooting. In a new interview with Angela Yee, rapper Quando Rondo has opened up with his side of the story from the night King Von was fatally shot in Atlanta.Įntitled “November 6th,” the same date Von was shot and killed, the interview is the first of multiple parts.
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