This dude Lil Dell is wild.
He basically copied Tay K
and went on the run
after pullin up on the opps and shooting a rocket.
It’s a crazy story,
lets get straight to it.
He's a rapper on the rise
known for tracks like "Everybody Else" and "No Talkin."
He dropped a project called Bro Way or No Way
back in December 2020,
with another Pensacola rapper named Frozonee
who recently got killed.
Lil Dell was from the Bro Gang,
and they mainly beefed with the Cash gang.
The local sheriff’s office say that the beef between these two gangs
is linked to like 22 other shootings
and they been tearin up the city of Pensacola for the last few years.
The beef first started back in 2017,
after an incident at the Pensacola Interstate Fair
and ever since then
these two gangs been on each other’s neck.
State attorney Bill Eddins said that
“These are loosely organized groups of young children
that are either juveniles or very young teenagers,
they are like an amoeba
they move, and they shift and they change.
They are not organized… but still very dangerous.”
So look, even though they was just a small local gang,
that aint mean they wasnt deadly.
The Bro gang was already on the radar of the police
way before any murders had even gone down.
But in May 2019,
Lil Dell and the Bro Gang made headlines
after a shooting in the parking lot
at a local nightclub that left an innocent person dead.
The shooting took place during Memorial Day weekend in 2019.
I guess Lil Dell and his homies
got intel that they opps from Cash Gang
was gon be at a local spot called the Platinum Night Club,
and The Bro Gang pulled up
looking for trouble.
So check,
They got to the club at like 2 AM,
rollin deep and ready for opps.
They supposedly had like 7 burners on em and once they spotted they target
they started firing, before smashin off.
Police later found 44 shells on the scene
that came from 9mm’s, .40 cals, and .380 cal pistols.
Believe it or not, even after bustin 44 shots,
they aint even hit they target.
Instead, a stray bullet hit 20-year-old Elizabeth Harris,
who was brought to the hospital,
and later died.
Police was on the scene fast,
like minutes after the shooting,
but The Bro gang was long gone.
So, Police launched a big investigation and found out pretty quickly that the shooting
was all cuz of the deadly beef between The Cash Gang and The Bro gang.
So, they went after all the members that they thought was responsible.
It took em a few months,
but police later arrested three suspects:
18-year-old Tequan Warren,
17-year-old Markeasia James,
and 19-year-old Dante Walker.
But they was still on the lookout for one more suspect,
Mr. Cordellious Dyess
aka Lil Dell.
And just like Tay K he did the race
and was on the run from the police.
In the meantime,
James and Warren was both charged with first-degree felony murder,
attempted murder, and aggravated assault.
Walker got charged with accessory after the fact,
for ridin in the whip with the gang after the shooting took place.
On top of Lil Dell,
Police thought it was still more suspects involved
so the investigation stayed open.
Once they arrested the other suspects,
someone started snitchin.
One suspect allegedly told police
that Lil Dell aint just fire no regular weapon.
This dude brought a real life rocket launcher with him.
That’s pretty crazy but,
he was tryna take Cash Gang off the map foreal.
They said he got the rocket launcher from one of his boys
and tried to fire it at the club, but it was a misfire.
But Other reports say, it actually went off
and either hit victims the car or a car close to it.
So, police charged Lil Dell with firing a deadly missile,
first-degree murder, aggravated assault, and criminal mischief.
This dude Lil Dell
brought a whole rocket launcher to the club for his opps,
so you really think he was gon go out easy and just turn himself in?
He pulled a Tay-K and did the Race,
leavin the state of Florida and ducked off somewhere in Georgia.
But being a teenage rapper
and not having too many ways to maintain,
all while tryna stay lowkey,
made it pretty hard for Lil Dell to stay on the run.
But he was a lil smarter than Tay K
and aint drop no viral songs,
knowin police was tryna find him.
But turns out, he aint have to even snitch on himself
cuz they tracked him down and arrested him in Cobb County, GA
after about 2 months of doin the race.
He was hiding out in a small town called Austell in GA when police found him.
He got arrested by the Cobb County Sheriff’s
Office and the US Marshalls Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force
at the Windwood Apartments.
They originally had him in Cobb County jail
but later sent him back to Pensacola
for his trial in November.
He was held on a $223,000 bond,
which seems like he posted without a problem
cuz he was on Instagram in the studio
working on new music just a few months ago.
But Lil Dell shoulda took notes from Tay-K
and learned that just cuz you do the race
don’t mean you gon win,
and in most cases
you won’t even make it to the finish line.
These days,
police got all this new high-tech surveillance equipment
and ways to track you down
that it’s damn near impossible to escape em forever.
Your best bet is goin to a whole different country
that aint got as many surveillance cameras
and cell phone towers thats gon give away your location.
But being an up-and-coming rapper
with few connections outside of his own hood,
this probably wasn’t possible for Lil Dell.
Even though he free right now,
I’d say it probably won’t be long before Lil Dell gets locked up
for a long, long time.
Pensacola police been cracking down on this case,
more so cuz it got the attention of hip-hop media
so they gon try they best to use him as an example
and possibly have him sittin down for the rest of his life.
Especially if what they’re saying about the rocket launcher is true.
Cuz not only did he fire into a parking lot full of people,
but then, he pretty much admitted he was guilty by tryna flee.
Plus, the fact that he was just an up-and-coming rapper
who wasn’t really known outside of his city,
until this whole situation happened,
he probably aint got the money or connections to hire a good lawyer.
So honestly,
it aint really looking too good for Lil Dell.
But man look,
that’s the risk you take when you decide to do the Race.
If he just turned himself in,
he MIGHT of had a better chance of copping a plea deal
that woulda kept him from spending his life behind bars.
But now it’s going to be way harder for his lawyers to prove he’s innocent.