One man arrested, another charged in connection with Young Dolph’s murder
Cornelius Smith faces a first-degree murder charge while Justin Johnson is detained by police in Indiana.
One man has been arrested by police investigating the death of Memphis rapper Young Dolph with another indicted for murder, Rolling Stone reports. It is understood that that 32-year-old Cornelius Smith, first arrested on January 9, was indicted on Tuesday on first-degree murder, weapons possession, and theft charges.
Additionally, police detained 23-year-old Justin Johnson, a rapper also known as Straight Drop, in Indiana on Tuesday afternoon. Johnson was named as a suspect earlier this week. The Memphis Police Department said in a statement shared on social media that Johnson shot Young Dolph in Makeda’s Butter Cookies in Memphis on November 17 last year.
A Young Dolph tribute album is due for release next week. Paper Route Empire Presents: Long Live Dolph will be released on January 21.