Young Dolph, a rapper whose past three albums made the national Top 10, was killed Wednesday in a shooting at a business in Memphis. He was 36.
The owner of Makeda’s Butter Cookies told Fox affiliate Whbq-tv that Young Dolph (real name Adolph Thornton Jr.) was in the store when an assailant drove up and fired at him. The rapper died at the scene. His Lamborghini was in the parking lot when the news crew arrived.
Memphis police, however, had not positively identified the victim as of this afternoon.
Officers are on the scene of a shooting at 2370 Airways. One male victim was located and was pronounced dead. No suspect info is available at this time.
The victim will be identified once the next of kin notification has been completed.
Please call 901-528-cash with tips.
— Memphis Police Dept (@MEM_PoliceDept) November 17, 2021
Born on July 27, 1985, on Chicago’s South Side, Young...
The owner of Makeda’s Butter Cookies told Fox affiliate Whbq-tv that Young Dolph (real name Adolph Thornton Jr.) was in the store when an assailant drove up and fired at him. The rapper died at the scene. His Lamborghini was in the parking lot when the news crew arrived.
Memphis police, however, had not positively identified the victim as of this afternoon.
Officers are on the scene of a shooting at 2370 Airways. One male victim was located and was pronounced dead. No suspect info is available at this time.
The victim will be identified once the next of kin notification has been completed.
Please call 901-528-cash with tips.
— Memphis Police Dept (@MEM_PoliceDept) November 17, 2021
Born on July 27, 1985, on Chicago’s South Side, Young...
- 11/17/2021
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
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