Already targeted by shootings in the past, Young Dolph, 36, was killed while in a store selling cookies in Memphis (United States). The identity and motivations of the suspect are not known.
American rapper Young Dolph was killed on Wednesday November 17, 2021 while inside a cookie store in Memphis, Tennessee (United States).
“At 12:24 pm, Memphis police officers were called to the scene of a shooting” and “A male victim was located and declared dead on the spot”Memphis police said in a statement.
“Preliminary information indicates that the victim is Adolph Robert Thornton Jr.”, better known by his stage name Young Dolph.
Chief CJ Davis is on the scene of the shooting in the 2300 block of Airways. Please see the update below. pic.twitter.com/88vikuTOpP
— Memphis Police Dept (@MEM_PoliceDept) November 17, 2021
Young Dolph, 36, born in Chicago and raised in Memphis, had just entered the Makeda cookie shop, where he used to be, when a gunman appeared and shot him, local press reports. Police said they did not have any information on the suspect at this time.
Targeted by gunfire in 2017
The rapper rose to prominence with hits like Major and his album Rich Slave released in 2020 which quickly reached the top of the Billboard 200 music chart.
The artist had survived two shootings in 2017: one in Charlotte, North Carolina, during which his car had suffered a hundred shots according to the American media; the other in Los Angeles where he had been hit by three bullets.
Many celebrities in the rap world have expressed their condolences on social media, with American rapper Gucci Mane saying “Devastated”.
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