King Von's Fatal Night in Atlanta: Shootout Timeline, Hospitalization, and Autopsy Findings
The sequence of events began during the pre-dawn hours of Friday, November 6, 2020. Bennett had spent the evening celebrating the commercial release of his debut studio album, Welcome to O'Block, which had arrived on digital streaming platforms just one week prior. Late that night, his entourage traveled toward Monaco Hookah Lounge on Trinity Avenue in downtown Atlanta.
Surveillance cameras mounted across the commercial strip recorded Bennett exiting an SUV shortly before 3:20 a.m. Nearby, Savannah-based rapper Quando Rondo, whose legal name is Tyquian Bowman, was standing near vehicles in the parking lot with his own associates. The two camps were not scheduled to meet; investigators confirmed the run-in was an unplanned encounter between rival entourages with historical animosity rooted in interstate gang and rap alliances.
Video records captured Bennett striding directly toward Bowman. Bennett delivered a punch that sent Bowman backward, sparking an immediate physical struggle. Seconds into the fight, Bowman's associate, Timothy Leaks, stepped from behind a parked vehicle armed with a handgun. Leaks fired repeatedly at Bennett from point-blank range, dropping the Chicago artist onto the pavement. Off-duty Atlanta Police Department officers working security nearby responded within moments, returning fire and turning the commercial parking lot into an active crossfire.