K.I. was one of the most feared shooters in the history of Chicago,
that crazy part is, she was just a teenage girl.
Here’s the wild story of KI: The Female Assassin of O’Block
K.I. started out as just your average girl.
But growing up in a wild city like Chicago, K.I. slowly adapted to her environment.
She was exposed to death and violence at a young age
after her father was killed when she was only a year old.
Those close to her would say that losing her father
made her more protective of the people around her.
She would also later witness her older brother get killed right in front of her,
which would have a serious impact on her growing up.
Eventually, she moved to the area around 63rd and St. Lawrence.
There she became good friends with some of the GD’s that lived in that area
and formed a close friendship with Tooka from the STL/EBT set of the Gangsta Disciples.
In January 2011,
Tooka was standing at a bus stop, when a dark-colored vehicle pulled up
and started letting off shots.
He was hit several times and passed away at just 15 years old.
It’s been rumored that Tooka’s death
was retaliation for the death of a Black Disciple member named Eddrick “Ty” Walker,
who was killed back in 2009.
Tooka was a well-loved and respected member of the STL/EBT.
So after he died, they renamed the area
around 63rd and St. Lawrence to Tookaville in his honor.
Tooka would go on to become world-famous
after he was dissed by BD rappers like Chief Keef and King Von.
With the popularity of drill music,
Tooka became one of the most disrespected men in the history of hip hop,
even though he didn’t even rap.
The disrespect only fueled the already violent beef between the BD’s from O’Block
– then called Wicc City – and the GD’s from St. Lawrence.
Tooka’s death had a major impact on K.I.
She was only about 14 at the time
but had already lost so many people close to her due to gun violence.
So she started to go down the wrong path to seek revenge.
About 8 months after Tooka’s death, K.I. would get her revenge.
In August 2011, a high-ranking member of the BD’s named Odee Perry
was shot on the 400 Block of East 64th Street.
After Odee was killed, the BD’s in Wicc City would rename their hood to O’Block in his honor.
It’s been rumored that K.I. was the one who killed Odee,
in retaliation for the murder of Tooka.
Allegedly, she and her twin brother FBG Butta
were out on Tooka’s birthday, looking for opps,
when they came across Odee riding his bike and shot at him.
According to rumors, it was K.I. who fired the kill shot.
The murder of Odee Perry gained K.I. a lot of street cred in Chicago.
At first, it was hard for the BD’s to believe
that one of their top-ranking members was taken down by a teenage girl.
But as K.I. continued to build a name in the streets, they were forced to accept what happened.
After killing Odee, K.I. got even deeper into the street life.
She became known for shooting at the opps, which included members of 600 and O’Block.
So, even though she was a female, she was becoming a problem to the BD’s
and was one of their biggest opps.
It seemed like K.I. got addicted to the lifestyle and would shoot at anyone who threatened her,
including other females.
It’s been rumored that K.I. once shot at another girl who was the cousin of T.Roy,
another high-ranking member of O’Block.
His cousin ended up snitching on her, but K.I. still beat the case
due to lack of evidence and remained on the streets.
Plus, she was also known to taunt her opps on social media,
often taking shots at dead members of O’Block and 600,
like Odee and Baldy.
This would lead to beef online with high-ranking BD’s, such as King Von.
Von and K.I. were known to taunt each other on social media all while pretending to flirt.
Even though they were enemies,
they had mutual respect for each other as fellow savages.
Von even once claimed on an A&E documentary about K.I.,
that he had a crush on her back in the day.
But many believe that he was just trolling and using mental tactics to gain the upper hand.
Even though they both respected each other as shooters,
they were still opps and if either one of them got caught lackin' in public, all bets were off.
As time went on, K.I. would continue to build a name in the streets.
At one point, members of a set called 800, who were beefing with Tookaville,
caught K.I. alone and beat her up.
In response, K.I. went to their block and shot at several 800 members.
Then, a week later, FBG Duck’s house was shot up by 800,
which added fire to the beef between the two sets.
Then, on June 24th, 2012,
a 13-year-old from the Jaro City neighborhood named Tyquan Tyler was killed.
Tyquan was at a house party with his sister when a fight broke out and shots went off.
He ended up getting hit with a stray bullet and passed away.
A dude affiliated with Jaro City
named Neasean Flowers was later arrested for the murder
and sentenced to 55-years in prison.
Tyquan was K.I.’s cousin and she was at the party to witness him get killed.
It’s been rumored that K.I. was the one who introduced him to the street life
and trained him on how to rob and do drills.
His death hit her hard and she would change her name on Twitter to Tyquan Assassin.
She would also help form a set called Tyquan World, who would beef with O’Block, 600 and 800.
So, K.I. now had an army behind her to help her take on her opps
and she continued building her rep in the streets.
By this point, she was a feared shooter,
who was well known by both the opps and the police.
At one point the local news even claimed that she was responsible for killing at least 20 people,
a number which isn’t confirmed and likely exaggerated.
But it shows how well known she was in the city.
But, somehow despite this wild reputation, she was never caught by police.
None of the bodies she’s rumored to have were ever confirmed
because the police weren't able to collect enough evidence to bring a conviction.
On March 2014, a 19-year-old member of STL/EBT who went by the name Lil B
was killed by police after allegedly pointing a gun at them while he was being chased.
K.I. was also close to Lil B,
who was killed on the same street as Tyquan.
His death turned her heart even colder
and she would change her Twitter name from Tyquan Assassin to No Surrender Lil B.
In the weeks following Lil B’s death, K.I. would go on Twitter to vent her feelings
and reflect on some of the pain that led her down the path she was on.
She would tweet
“Money Comin Money Going
it ain’t like you can take it with you”
“In da end we DIE”
and “I dne seen 2 many of my n**** n a casket”.
So it seemed like K.I. was in a pretty dark place
and all the pain of losing her friends and family members in the streets
is what turned her into such a savage killer.
After Lil B’s murder,
K.I. hit the streets to take her pain out on the first opp she could come across.
That ended up being a dude named BloodMoney from the BD set Front Street,
the cousin of Chief Keef.
Blood Money was standing outside his home on the 5600 block of South Elizabeth Street
when he was shot in the chest.
His cousin, Darnell Patton was also shot in the stomach,
but later pulled through.
Blood Money was just 30 years old and the father of five children.
Just two weeks before he was killed, he had signed a deal with Interscope Records,
so his death was a major loss to O’Block.
Rumors quickly started going around
that K.I. was the one responsible for Blood Money’s death.
Even though she was already hated by the BD’s,
this murder put an even bigger target on her head.
Less than 24 hours later, K.I. would be shot and killed in the Woodlawn neighborhood
Around 3:30pm on April 11th, 2014,
K.I., along with FBG Butta
and another friend were walking to the house of FBG Wooski to get lunch.
K.I. had recently revealed her location on Twitter, which must have been seen by her opps.
While they were walking, a shooter in a grey hoodie approached them
and started letting off shots before hopping into a getaway car.
All three were hit and K.I. ended up getting shot 9 times in the jaw, neck, and chest.
She was rushed to the hospital but pronounced dead around 5:43 pm.
The murder of K.I. remained unsolved for many years.
But the word on the street was that it was done by O’Block members,
T.Roy, Big A and even King Von.
The day after K.I. was killed, a bunch of dudes from FBG
including Lil Jay, FBG Butta, and Wooski shot up O’Block.
Both Big A and T.Roy would later be killed by members of the GD’s
in retaliation for K.I.s death.
But for years King Von managed to escape both the opps and the police.
But, Von would end up being killed in an unrelated beef
after bumping into Quando Rondo in November 2020.
After his death, police would reveal that Von was the primary suspect
in the murder of K.I.
In July 2021,
a police report about K.I.’s murder leaked to the internet,
which listed Dayvon Bennett – aka King Von- as the primary offender
believed to be responsible for the murder of Gakirah Barnes.
According to the paperwork, Von was brought in for questioning but later released.
He provided two different alibis for the night of the shooting,
but neither confirmed where he was exactly when the shooting happened.
He also agreed to take a polygraph test, but never actually went through with it.
Despite the cop’s suspicions the DA refused to prosecute,
and the case was never officially solved.
So it seems like someone leaked the paperwork to confirm the rumors
that Von was the one who took out the notorious K.I.
Sadly, the story of K.I. isn’t all that uncommon,
except for the fact that she was a girl.
Plenty of teenagers growing up in a city like Chicago
turn to the streets after witnessing the people close to them get killed.
The only thing unique about K.I.'s situation
was that she started out as an innocent teenage girl, but quickly transformed into a ruthless shooter.
Police believed that she was involved in dozens of shootings and several murders,
even though she was only 17 when she died.
But like many kids from the Southside,
K.I. was forced to adapt to her environment
and unfortunately never got a chance to make it out of the streets.