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Dayvon Daquan Bennett (August 9, 1994 – November 6, 2020), known professionally as King Von, was an American rapper and gangster from Chicago, Illinois, who was affiliated with the Black Disciples gang.
In 1969, Larry Hoover, the leader of the rival gang “Gangster Disciples,” agreed to a merger with Barksdale to create a unified gang called the “Black Gangster Disciples Nation.” Soon after the alliance was formed, Larry Hoover and one member were charged and convicted for the murder of another member, and both received a life sentence ...
Jul 23, 2024 · Almost a week later, a Chicago Sun-Times report claimed that King Von belonged to the O Block faction of Black Disciples. Formed in 1966, Black Disciples nabbed attention for doing illegal ...
Nov 13, 2020 · Rapper King Von’s killing puts a spotlight on Chicago gang ties to Atlanta. The 26-year-old man had been affiliated with O Block, a faction of Chicago’s Black Disciples street gang, police say ...
- Frank Main
- fmain@suntimes.com
- Early Life
- First Arrest
- Murder of Modell Mccambry
- Incarcerated
- Murder of Gakirah "Ki" Barnes
- Murder of Malcolm Stuckey
- Rap Career
- Death
Dayvon Daquan Bennett was born in Chicago, Illinois on August 9, 1994. His father Walter E. Bennett, was shot and killed by a sniper on July 31, 2005, just when Von was 11. His father was also a gang member from Ada Park, a faction of the Black Disciples.
On January 6, 2011, King Von was arrested for the first time at the age of 16 and was charged with armed robbery, he allegedly robbed someone at gun point and stole their car. Von spent the entire year locked up for this charge until he was later released in March 2012.
On October 13, 2012, King Von was involved in the murder of Modell McCambry, a gang member from STL/EBT (faction of Gangster Disciples). Modell and his cousin Miles Turner were on their way to meet a girl when someone walked up and opened fire in the 6300 block of South Rhodes Avenue just before 9:30 p.m. Modell later died where Miles was shot 5 ti...
Arrested For Shooting
On November 20, 2012, at 12:04 p.m, King Von would shoot at Gangster Disciples on the 6300 block of South Calumet Avenue where he was later arrested for "Unlawful Use of Weapon by a Felon" after being chased by police. Two hours before the incident, King Von would tweet out "I jus walked Threw Mob... I mean da whole mob and aint jus see not nobodii #DaSTruggle" with "MOB" being a faction of Gangster Disciples, also big rivals to O'Block.
Release
On February 11, 2014, King Von was finally released after spending 1 year and 3 months locked up, he was placed on house arrest until he was let out in March 2014.
On April 11, 2014, King Von was involved in another murder where Gakirah Barnes aka KI, a female gang member from STL/EBT was ready to celebrate the birthday of Rodney "Boss Trell" Stewart, a dead gang member from STL/EBT killed in 2012. At around 3:30 p.m, KI, FBG Butta (STL/EBT member), and Cray Cray (STL/EBT member) were sitting at a porch in th...
On May 29, 2014, at around 10:00 a.m, Boss Ceejay, a drill artist and a gang member from KillaWard 078 was hosting a birthday party on the 5722 block of South LaSalle Street, where later that afternoon, King Von arrives since he was super close to Boss Ceejay and KillaWard 078. At the party, King Von would notice Timothy Robinson, a Gangster Discip...
After being released from prison in December 2017, King Von would sign to his close friend Lil Durk's label, Only The Family (OTF). In August 2018, King Von would release his first music video titled "Problems" on Lil Durk's YouTube channel. Two months later in October 2018, King Von and THF Zoo, both OTF artists and two friends would release a col...
Background
On November 5, 2020, at 10:00 p.m, King Von was hosting an album release party for "Welcome To O'Block" at Atlanta's Opium Lounge. After the party ended at around 2:00 a.m, Von and his team were supposed to head back to his hotel. But after Von hopped in his security bulletproof truck with two other people and a driver he randomly decided to go to an afterparty club named "Monaco Hookah Lounge". After Von's team arrived at the hotel, they realized Von and others were not there, so Von's DJ ca...
Shooting
At around 3:23 a.m, while fighting Quando Rondo, a white vehicle pulled up with Lul Tim (Quando's friend) hopping out and then firing 5-6 shots at King Von, where he was hit in the torso and thigh, with even one of the bullets hitting King Von's manager. King Von's friend and an O'Block member named "Slutty" then shot Lul Tim in the leg and even tried standing over him, but his gun jammed. Seconds later, the police who were guarding that area decided to get involved and then started shooting...
Aftermath
After the shooting King Von was rushed to the hospital where he was listed in critical condition but was pronounced dead at around 11:00 a.m. The shooting left 6 people shot in total with 2 dying. The next day on November 7, 22-year-old Timothy Leeks aka Lul Tim, was charged with the murder of King Von, but was bailed out on March 27, 2021.
Nov 20, 2023 · 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.
Aug 1, 2023 · K ing Von was born Dayvon Bennett in August 1994. Growing up in Chicago, Bennett was subjected to scenes of violence and mayhem. His career as a criminal began when he was a teenager and joined...
