Lil Durk Trial: OTF Vonni Says Guns Came From Rapper’s Home

Federal prosecutors used Day 9 of Lil Durk’s murder-for-hire trial to build an alleged evidence trail that began with firearms stored at the rapper’s Encino residence and ended with prepaid phones purchased after Saviay’a “Lul Pab” Robinson was killed.

Kavon “OTF Vonni” Grant testified that he collected guns from Durk “Lil Durk” Banks’ home shortly before members of the alleged murder crew gathered in Los Angeles.

The testimony placed Lil Durk’s residence at a critical point in the government’s timeline surrounding the two alleged attempts to kill Quando Rondo.

OTF Vonni said he began conducting surveillance outside the Level Hotel in downtown Los Angeles on August 18, 2022. He believed Tyquian “Quando Rondo” Bowman and members of the rapper’s entourage were staying there.

Several men were traveling from Chicago to Southern California at the time. OTF Vonni testified that Lil Durk wanted them to fly into San Diego rather than Los Angeles to reduce the risk of police contact.

According to OTF Vonni, he arranged transportation from San Diego while also securing a stolen white Infiniti, ski masks and a fraudulent temporary license plate.

When prosecutors asked whether he already had the firearms while watching the hotel, OTF Vonni said he did not.

The guns were “at Durk’s house,” he testified.

“I went to Durk’s house to pick up the guns,” OTF Vonni told the jury.

OTF Vonni estimated that he remained at the Encino property for approximately 90 seconds. He said he saw Lil Durk during the visit and told the rapper he was going to meet “the guys.”

After leaving the residence, OTF Vonni headed toward a meeting location near Cahuenga Boulevard. He eventually directed the group to a closed Nissan dealership because the stolen Infiniti was also being delivered.

OTF Vonni testified that he opened a Sprinter van and saw Deondre “DeDe” Wilson, Kacey “OTF Jam” Hester, Asa “Boogie” Houston, Keith “Flacka” Jones and David “Browneyez” Lindsey.

He said he recognized DeDe, OTF Jam and Boogie as OTF members but did not personally know every man inside the van.

The stolen Infiniti arrived while the group waited. OTF Vonni removed its existing license plate and replaced it with a counterfeit temporary tag he had printed at a FedEx location.

The Infiniti became what members of the alleged crew called the “slider” or “hot car,” meaning a vehicle obtained for criminal activity and expected to be discarded afterward.

OTF Vonni said he opened the trunk of his BMW and displayed the guns he had collected. The men allegedly divided the firearms before preparing to leave the dealership.

He initially expected the group to handle the operation without him. That allegedly changed when DeDe delivered a message: “Blood said you coming with us.”

“Blood” was one of the names allegedly used for Lil Durk.

OTF Vonni then drove the white BMW with DeDe as his passenger. The other men occupied the Infiniti. Both vehicles returned to the Level Hotel shortly after midnight on August 19.

The two cars later followed Quando Rondo’s black Escalade through several locations around Los Angeles. Prosecutors presented surveillance footage that allegedly tracked the vehicles from the hotel to a dispensary, a Beverly Hills clothing store and eventually a gas station near the Beverly Center.

Three masked gunmen opened fire near the gas station. Quando Rondo escaped, but his cousin, Lul Pab, was fatally wounded.

The federal indictment against Lil Durk alleges the shooting was part of a murder-for-hire conspiracy motivated by the November 2020 death of King Von.

After the shooting, OTF Vonni said the group regrouped at an In-N-Out restaurant. He paid for a driver to take several men back toward San Diego, where their return travel would begin.

He then turned his attention to the vehicles allegedly connected to the attack. OTF Vonni testified that Lil Durk, DeDe, Boogie and OTF Jam wanted the stolen Infiniti destroyed.

“They told me to make sure I burn it,” OTF Vonni said.

However, he did not follow that alleged instruction. OTF Vonni said he found a gun still inside the vehicle, moved the Infiniti to a secluded area, wiped down its surfaces and parked it illegally so authorities would tow it.

He later claimed he had lied to Lil Durk and the others, telling them he had burned the vehicle. OTF Vonni said Lil Durk became concerned when no reports of a burned car appeared.

“Why they never show no news coverage of the car being burnt?” OTF Vonni recalled the rapper asking.

OTF Vonni testified that he believed setting the Infiniti on fire would have attracted more attention.

“That is the first thing that I feel law enforcement is going to look for, a burnt car,” he explained. “That is not smart.”

The government then introduced Verizon records showing prepaid-phone purchases immediately after the murder.

OTF Vonni testified that Lil Durk asked him to purchase new phones on August 20, one day after Lul Pab was killed. He went to a Verizon store in Woodland Hills and used a credit card bearing Lil Durk’s name.

Records showed that three prepaid lines were activated during that transaction. Another phone was purchased from the same location on August 21.

OTF Vonni said he deliberately avoided attaching Lil Durk’s name to the prepaid account.

“I don’t feel it would be smart to give them Durk’s name, especially for an account,” he testified. “So with prepay, you can put ‘prepay customer’ as first and last name.”

When a prosecutor asked whether that made the device a burner phone, OTF Vonni agreed, explaining that the account was not tied to a specific customer.

One of the three lines activated on August 20 ended in 3853. Prosecutors displayed an August 22 communication identifying that line as “Durk new number.”

The Verizon records confirm that the transactions occurred, but they do not independently establish why the phones were purchased or who requested them. Those parts of the government’s narrative depend on OTF Vonni’s testimony.

That distinction remains central to the defense.

Lil Durk’s attorneys contend OTF Vonni independently controlled the travel, vehicles, guns, masks and other logistics behind the shooting.

They have also emphasized that the former assistant routinely possessed Lil Durk’s wallet and credit cards, allowing him to make purchases without proving that the rapper personally approved them.

OTF Vonni has pleaded guilty to federal charges connected to the attack and entered a cooperation agreement with prosecutors. He also admitted that he initially lied to investigators and minimized his role after his arrest.

The defense has argued that he is blaming his former employer in hopes of avoiding a life sentence. Lil Durk has pleaded not guilty and denies ordering or financing the attack.

Still, prosecutors are asking jurors to view the Encino gun pickup, the stolen Infiniti, the alleged disposal instructions and the prepaid-phone purchases as one connected sequence.

The government’s theory is that the purchases were not ordinary assistant duties but part of an effort to reorganize communications immediately after a deadly shooting.

The defense used its cross-examination to attack that interpretation and OTF Vonni’s credibility, continuing the dispute over whether he followed Lil Durk’s instructions or organized the alleged retaliation himself.