U.S. Marshals and Memphis authorities held a media briefing regarding rapper Young Dolph's murder case Wednesday.
U.S. Marshal Tyreece Miller, Memphis Police Chief C.J. Davis and Shelby County District Attorney General Amy Weirich held a joint press conference at the Odell Horton Federal building in Memphis, following the arrest of Justin Johnson.
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Johnson was captured Tuesday in Indiana for his suspected role in the shooting death of Young Dolph, whose legal name is Adolph Thornton Jr.
Johnson was captured after a coordinated investigation by the U.S. Marshals Two Rivers Violent Fugitive Task Force and the Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force, according to a U.S. Marshals release.
Along with Johnson, U.S. Marshals announced the arrest of Shondale Barnett during the briefing. He was charged with helping Johnson evade law enforcement.
A second suspect in Thornton's case, Cornelius Smith, was also indicted by a Shelby County grand jury on several charges, including first degree murder, according to Weirich's office.
Smith was arrested on Dec. 9 in Southaven, Mississippi.
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Thornton was killed on Nov. 17 after two suspects shot him at Makeda's Homemade Butter Cookies in Memphis
Justin Johnson, 23, also known as Straight Drop, was captured Tuesday afternoon in Indiana. Another man, Cornelius Smith, 32, was already in custody in Mississippi but was indicted in Shelby County on several charges in this case including first-degree murder.
Another man, identified as Shundale Barnett, who is originally from Memphis but lives in Dallas, faces charges of accessory after the fact for a role in helping Johnson, officials said. Barnett was a passenger in the vehicle driven with Johnson when he was captured. He is also being held in the Clay County Indiana Jail and will be extradited back to Memphis.
According to the U.S. Marshals Service, Barnett also faces charges of criminal attempt to commit first-degree murder and theft of property from $10,000 to $60,000.
