Two men are in custody after federal and local authorities arrested them in connection with the fatal shooting of rapper Young Dolph.
The rapper, whose real name is Adolph Robert Thornton, Jr., was fatally shot November 17, 2021, at Makeda's Homemade Butter Cookies in Memphis. The 36-year-old is survived by two children.Justin Johnson, 23, was captured in Indiana by the US Marshal Service on Tuesday, according to a news release from the federal agency. He had been wanted for first-degree murder.
Smith was arrested December 9 in Southaven, about 210 miles northeast of Memphis, on an auto-theft warrant involving the white Mercedes Benz used in Young Dolph's shooting, according to a news release from the Shelby County District Attorney General's Office. Read MoreAuthorities discovered the vehicle was taken in a November 10 carjacking.
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