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There was a guy that got shot. They crashed the car. Police chasing them. They went one way, he went another
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way. When you look at that video, do you that is Hakeem Robinson? Your son, Hakeem
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Robinson. Oh. On the 15th of January 2020, a police officer witnessed one of the most brutal
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and heartless killings of the decade. The killer was still unknown. However, police had their suspicions. In an
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attempt to get more information, they brought in rapper Ksoo's dad, where they would break the news to him that his son
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was part of a murder. What followed is one of the most shocking and unexpected moments in interrogation history.
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He told the stories on stories and the killing he told us to do. Abdul Robinson Sr. was the leader of a
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violent gang in Jacksonville, Florida and brought his sons along with him. One of these was Hakeem Robinson, better
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known as Ksoo, a rapper that had recently been fighting with another rapper online. Charles McCormick, aka
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Lil Buck, had released a diss track on Hakeem. Just weeks later, dashcam footage captured McCormick being shot
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dead by a man with an assault rifle. A manhunt ensued before Hakeem and three other men in total were arrested in
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connection with the murder. Later, Hakeem's father was also brought in for questioning and told that they thought
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his son had brutally murdered a man and would likely be spending life in prison.
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But what police didn't expect was the reaction they would get from his father. I'm Mr. Robinson again, Joel Cooper,
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State Attorney's Office. Um, here to take a sworn statement from you. If you would please raise your right hand. Mr.
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Robinson, do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth?
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Yes, sir. Um, you understand that um, the oath you just took is just like taking an oath in
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court and that if you lie in a material way, that is a felony. It's called perjury, punishable by up to 5 years in
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prison. Do you understand that? Yes, sir. The detective asked Abdul a few more questions, confirming the oath and
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ensuring that he isn't under the influence or being threatened. He then checks some details and moves on to
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discuss the murder of Charles McCormick. Now, today you're obviously familiar with the
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person Yes, sir. As it relates to your case. Yes, sir. And his nickname Yes. Are you aware of a song
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put out prior to him being shot and killed in January 2020? Yes, sir. And what was your understanding of what
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that song was about? It was a It was a diss song about So, you said a diss song?
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Yes. Did Hakeem Robinson know about the song? Yes, sir. Did he ever talk to you about the song?
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Yeah. And how did he feel about the song? He didn't like it. Before the murder of McCormick, there
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had been a long-standing beef between the two gangs, ATK and KTA, with multiple bodies lying in its wake. Being
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the leader of ATK, it's obvious he would have known parts about this, but he maintains he was never directly
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involved. However, it's as we come closer to McCormick's murder that things get cloudier for Abdul. He mentions that
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two of his sons had shown the song to him, and none of them liked it. What's worse for him is that directly after the
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murder, he received multiple phone calls from suspects directly asking for a ride
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away from the scene. Now, going again to back to January 15th of 2020, that day, were you called by
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Abdul Robinson Jr., your son? Yes, sir. And was that from a number that you recognized as belonging to him?
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Yes, sir. What did he want? Uh he wanted me to go on pick up Scotty. Okay. Did you also get phone calls from
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Leroy Whitaker? Yes, sir. And what did he want? Uh tell me uh where he was at to come
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pick him up. Did he tell you if he was alone or did he have anybody with him? No, he said him and Bobby was together.
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So, Leroy Whitaker and Dominic Bonner. Having direct involvement in such a high-profile case obviously doesn't put
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Abdul in the best position. In fact, the cops actually suspect him of being a direct accessory to the murders. But
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Abdul has played this game for a long time. He knows that he must maintain his innocence for as long as possible,
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leading to his harrowing admission later in the case. While he's being complicit
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in answering questions, the cops decide to try and extract as much information about this case as possible and dive
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further into what happened when Abdul picked Leroy up. Well, he was next to a crashed car.
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Did that car crash? Was it on the street or in a yard? Do you remember? Like it was kind of like in
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in a ditch or yard. Like it Yeah, it looked like it might have been in like a ditch or something.
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So, was that near a house? Yes. Like in the front yard of a house? Yeah. Abdul picked Leroy up from next to a
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crashed car, the same car that had fled the scene directly after the shooting. This vehicle actually proved to be the
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downfall of the entire case. After crashing, Hakeem, Leroy, and another man named Dominique Barnett all fled the
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scene and two of them were captured on security footage running across nearby gardens. Leroy and Dominique eventually
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ended up storming into a couple's home before holding a woman hostage, switching clothes, and calling Abdul.
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But this is where they slipped up. As they were making the call, the terrified woman managed to make out their
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conversation and got a perfect look at Dominique's tattoos, allowing her to identify him and instantly pick him out
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of a line of suspects. This mistake got Hakeem and every single one of his assailants caught, but they weren't
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necessarily connected with the murder yet. That was until Abdul said this. What do you specifically remember them
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saying? They They They crashed the car. The police chased them. And Kimi jumped out the car.
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They went one way, he went another way. Did they say whether or not Hakeem Robinson, Kimi, had anything with him
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when he jumped out of the car? They didn't say he had a gun with him. Did um Leroy Whitaker and Dominique Barnett um
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mention to you if anything had been left behind in the car after it crashed? Yep, they said they He a gun in the car
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behind. Okay. Let me rephrase that. Before the car crashed, did Dominique Bonner and Leroy Whitaker
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say anything about what someone in the car maybe was going to do as they fled from the police?
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Oh, yeah. Shoot at the police. And who was going to specifically be the one shooting?
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Hakeem. While no gun was actually found in the crashed vehicle, it's starting to become
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clearer and clearer how little Abdul is holding back. Remember, Hakeem is his own son and he's currently the number
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one suspect in a murder investigation. While he's under oath, he must tell the truth. That doesn't mean he has to
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answer any of the detectives' questions, though. But he's choosing to willingly answer every single one, sparing no
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details. So far, he's told them all of the details of the day, the fact that he had a gun on that day, and that he was
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planning to shoot at police while fleeing from them. But even after all of this, he's still not done snitching.
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In addition to that information, um did you learn about shot and killed? Yes, sir.
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And who told you that? Uh Scotty explained to me that it was the guy that got shot.
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Um it was a little while back before this situation at a at a gas station that made the song.
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So, Leroy Whitaker was explaining to you it was a person that had been shot once
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before? Yes, sir. And who shot him time before? Uh he did. Scotty? Scotty. And the reason was because of a song
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that he put out? Yes, sir. And so, when he told you that information, were you aware of who this
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person was? Yes, sir. Abdul is now confirmed a motive for the shooting, stating directly that the
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reason for the shooting was the song and long-standing feud between Hakeem and McCormick, and even stating that Leroy
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had shot McCormick once in the past. However, while it might not seem like it, possibly the most incriminating
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statement of all here was when he said he knew the victim before Leroy even mentioned it. He makes it clear that
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he's known about McCormick and the possible plans to get revenge on him for a while, which can easily be used as a
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way to argue that the murder was premeditated. And if Abdul knew that McCormick was the victim before he'd
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mentioned it, it heavily implies that there had been discussions about it previously, increasing Hakeem's sentence
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drastically. It seems that all respect he had for his son has gone out the window, and he's fully fessing up to the
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cops on his behalf. This is when Abdul decides to fully seal the deal and makes a harrowing admission that would shock
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the detectives, ruin his reputation as a gangster, and seal his son's fate forever.
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Did you see anything on social media posted by your son Hakeem Robinson that concerns you?
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Yes, sir. And what was that specifically? He called in the store and he's on the
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store and he's saying that killing the the toes done. And was that like Instagram story?
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Yeah, Instagram story. And was that something that what was posted by Hakeem Robinson?
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Yes, sir. When you saw that, were you upset? Yes, sir. Did you try and reach out and speak to
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Hakeem Robinson? Yes, sir. And when you spoke to him, what did you tell him? I told him he needed to take that down.
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Did he deny being involved when you told him to take that down? No. No. As part of the discovery in this case,
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you've had an opportunity with your attorney to watch what I'll refer to as a dash cam video, a video that actually
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recorded the murder of Charles McCormick. Is that correct? Yes, sir. And you've watched that.
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Yes, sir. Now, when you watch that video, you could see Could you see what the shooter was
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wearing? Yes, sir. Could you see how the shooter ran? Yes, sir. How the shooter moved?
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Yes, sir. Did you also see the firearm that was used? Yes, sir. Now, when you watch that video of the
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murder of Charles McCormick, did you recognize the shooter? Yes, sir. Who was the shooter in that video?
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Hakeem Robinson. Your son, Hakeem Robinson. Yes, sir. Without so much as a moment of
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hesitation, Abdul deals two devastating blows to Hakeem's case that would later be used against him in court to charge
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him. Not only did he willingly give evidence to the police that they didn't have regarding the Instagram story. He
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told them Hakeem didn't deny killing McCormick and directly told them that the man in the dash cam footage who shot
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McCormick was without a shadow of a doubt his own son. Since this interview, Hakeem was also accused of killing a
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16-year-old boy named Adrian Gaynor, aka Bibby, and pleaded not guilty for both first-degree murders. As of right now,
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his case is still ongoing, but regardless of the outcome, his entire life has been flipped upside down. All
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thanks to his dad for telling the police everything.