This representation released by the U.S. Marshals Service shows Justin Johnson. An apprehension warrant has been issued for Johnson, 23, successful transportation with the the Nov. 17, 2021, shooting fatal shooting of rapper Young Dolph, who was gunned down successful a daylight ambush astatine a fashionable cooky store successful November successful his hometown of Memphis, authorities said Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022. (U.S. Marshals Service via AP)

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – An apprehension warrant has been issued for a Tennessee antheral successful transportation with the fatal shooting of rapper Young Dolph, who was gunned down successful a daylight ambush astatine a fashionable cooky store successful November successful his hometown of Memphis, authorities said Wednesday.

A first-degree execution warrant was issued for Justin Johnson, 23, successful the Nov. 17 shooting of Young Dolph, whose existent sanction is Adolph Thornton Jr., the U.S. Marshals Service said successful a quality release.

The marshals work and the Memphis Police Department person been searching for suspects successful the killing. A $15,000 reward has been offered for accusation starring to an arrest.

The shooting stunned the metropolis of Memphis and shocked the amusement world. Police said 2 men exited a achromatic Mercedes-Benz and fired shots into a Memphis bakery wherever Young Dolph, 36, was buying cookies and killed him. Police released photos taken from surveillance video that captured the shooting.

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Known for his depictions of pugnacious thoroughfare beingness and his autarkic attack to the euphony business, Young Dolph was admired for charitable works successful Memphis. He organized Thanksgiving nutrient giveaways, donated thousands of dollars to precocious schools, and paid rent and covered ceremonial costs for radical successful the Castalia Heights vicinity wherever helium was raised.

City officials and assemblage activists pointed to the sidesplitting arsenic a awesome of the dangers of weapon unit successful Memphis, wherever much than 300 homicides were reported past year.

A backstage ceremonial was held for Young Dolph connected Nov. 30 and a conception of a thoroughfare successful the vicinity wherever helium grew up was renamed for him Dec. 15. He was honored a time aboriginal astatine a nationalist solemnisation astatine FedExForum, the location of the NBA's Memphis Grizzles and the University of Memphis men’s hoops team.

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