Authorities identified a suspect on Wednesday, 5th January 2022 who`s wanted in connection with the murder of rapper Young Dolph at a Memphis bakery on the 17th of November, 2021.
23-year-old Justin Johnson is alleged to have shot Young Dolph while the rapper, whose real name was Adolph Robert Thornton, Jr., was visiting Makeda`s Cookies near Memphis International Airport. Johnson is now the subject of a first-degree murder warrant issued by the Memphis Police Department, officials said.
Johnson also has an outstanding warrant for violation of federal supervised release in a weapons case and “has ties to organized criminal gangs,” according to a joint press release from the Memphis Police, the U.S. Marshals Service, and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.
Young Dolph`s aunt, Rita Myers, told Rolling Stone on Wednesday that the family is still reeling from her nephew`s senseless slaying and doesn`t know anything more about the suspect than what authorities publicly revealed.
There`s not any closure for us with this news, because Johnson is not in custody, and we still don`t have all the facts. We still feel the same. This news just made me feel worse. I thought it would make me feel better, but it didn`t. All I know is, anyone who could walk up and take the life of another person for no reason is someone with hate in their heart, a person who has no regard for life, a person who cares about nothing.
Our family has suffered a tremendous loss because he was the glue that held our family together,” Myers said of her nephew. I`m still crying, day and night. We were very close. And it`s not just me, it`s the whole family. I couldn`t even say ”˜Merry Christmas,` or celebrate my birthday, or say ”˜Happy New Year` to anyone, because I don`t feel that. It`s like we lost a part of ourselves, and I can`t see an end to the suffering and hurt.
