A shaky handheld video shared by hip-hop news account My Mixtapez (@mymixtapez) on X lit up timelines late on September 22, 2026, with claims that federal agents had moved into Chicago’s O’Block.
This is what was reported in the post, which said:
“Reportedly, the feds move against Chicago’s O’Block complex early today with the video showing the presence of heavy federal force in the area.”
This video lasts around 19 seconds and comes with a split screen approach with people dressed up in dark tactical-style vest and clothing, walking through the wet parking area with tall brown brick apartment buildings around. The vehicles like dark SUVs and minivan with black color can be seen either parked or slowly moving in the asphalt area. There are puddles on the ground with cloudy weather conditions. The edited video has one side showing agents with “FBI” written on the back of their clothes around a building called Parkway Gardens and the other showing people on the ground. There is another raw form of the same video available too.
The location matches the architecture of Parkway Gardens, the South Side complex long known as O’Block. That nickname stuck after the 2011 killing of resident Odee Perry and became national shorthand through Chicago drill music. Artists including Chief Keef, King Von, and others tied to the area put the brick buildings and surrounding blocks into lyrics and videos. The complex has drawn federal attention before. In 2021, agents and Chicago SWAT executed warrants there linked to the killing of rapper FBG Duck. Later racketeering cases targeted alleged O’Block-associated individuals for murders and related crimes, according to Justice Department records from those prosecutions.
There are no statements from the FBI Chicago Field Office, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois, the Chicago Police Department, DEA, and ATF about raids, search warrants, and arrests in the area on that day. There is no report on the matter from the major news sources in the city, such as the Chicago Tribune, Sun-Times, ABC7, NBC Chicago, and FOX 32. The individuals and the vehicles in the videos are seemingly real, but the inference of a “hit” depends on the captions posted with the videos.
It is unknown who the individuals in the videos work for, why did they come to the site, and whether any warrants were served. There could be a small number of officers performing some other tasks at the scene than arresting someone. The actual time and date when the videos were filmed is unclear too and should be independently confirmed. Older videos or those mislabeled in the caption have already been circulated in famous Chicago areas.
