{"id":168892,"date":"2026-02-25T17:52:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T17:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/168892\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T17:52:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T17:52:06","slug":"hakeem-ksoo-robinson-pleads-guilty-in-2019-murder-of-lil-bibby-months-after-conviction-in-lil-buck-slaying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/168892\/","title":{"rendered":"Hakeem \u2018Ksoo\u2019 Robinson pleads guilty in 2019 murder of \u2018Lil Bibby\u2019 months after conviction in \u2018Lil Buck\u2019 slaying"},"content":{"rendered":"

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 Months after he and his cousin were sentenced to life in prison for the 2020 murder<\/a> of 23-year-old Charles \u201cLil Buck\u201d McCormick Jr., Hakeem \u201cKsoo\u201d Robinson<\/a> pleaded guilty in the death of another fellow Jacksonville rapper.<\/p>\n

In the separate murder charge, Robinson admitted to fatally shooting 16-year-old Adrian \u201cLil Bibby\u201d Gainer Jr<\/a> at the Hilltop Village apartments on Feb. 25, 2019 — exactly seven years ago Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Officers found Gainer\u2019s body in the parking lot of the apartment complex<\/a> after a 911 call that February afternoon. He died at the scene.<\/p>\n

Robinson was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in Gainer\u2019s death.<\/p>\n

RELATED: Friends and family of murder victim, Adrian Gainer, walk for him and other victims of gun violence<\/a> | Parents sue over shooting death of 16-year-old son<\/a><\/p>\n

Gainer\u2019s parents later sued the apartment complex<\/a>, claiming a lack of security contributed to the fatal shooting.<\/p>\n

City Councilwoman Ju\u2019Coby Pittman supported the Gainer\u2019s lawsuit. <\/p>\n

\u201cA 16-year-old to get off the bus, to come visit a relative and be shot in broad daylight? I have a problem with that,\u201d Pittman said in June 2019. \u201cEveryone in this community, we are sick and tired of every time that you turn on the television, that there is a loss of a life. I want to say that we are behind this family.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gainer\u2019s case took a back seat as Robinson went on trial, along with his cousin, Leroy Whitaker Jr., in the high-profile shooting death of McCormick<\/a>, who was also killed \u201cin broad daylight.\u201d<\/p>\n

Both Robinson and Whitaker were convicted and sentenced to life in prison. <\/p>\n

Robinson\u2019s brother, Abdul Robinson Jr., was sentenced to 12 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to accessory after the fact in connection with McCormick\u2019s 2020 ambush murder.<\/p>\n

Their father, Abdul Robinson Sr., was sentenced to time served after he pleaded guilty to helping Whitaker (his nephew) and Dominique \u201cButta\u201d Barner escape after the shooting. Both Robinson Sr. and Barner testified against Hakeem and Whitaker at their trial.<\/p>\n

Barner, who also pleaded guilty, was sentenced to 25 years in prison.<\/p>\n

Hakeem Robinson and Whitaker plan to appeal their convictions in McCormick\u2019s murder.<\/p>\n

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