Source: Yahoo! News
The suspect in the fatal shooting of Grammy-nominated rapper Nipsey Hussle has now been charged with his murder.
Eric Holder, 29, was charged with one count of murder, two counts of attempted murder and one count of possession of a firearm by a felon in connection with the shooting, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said in a statement.
Holder’s attorney, Christopher Darden, entered a not guilty plea on his behalf at his arraignment Thursday. Holder is being held on $5 million bail, he faces up to life in prison, if convicted as charged.
Police had been searching for Holder after the shooting. He was found Tuesday afternoon, just hours after Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore stared into a bank of TV news cameras and asked the alleged killer to give up. He was detained without incident, officials said.
Police used surveillance video and social media posts by witnesses to help identify Holder as the alleged gunman who shot Hussle and two other men on Sunday afternoon in front of the rapper’s clothing store in south Los Angeles.
Prior to his arrest, Moore described Holder as “a man who is a substantial risk to public safety and willing to use violence.”
Moore said that while Holder is believed to be in a gang and that Hussle was also involved in gangs as a youngster growing up in Los Angeles, the slaying stemmed more from a personal dispute between the two men.
“It appears to be a personal matter between the two of them,” said Moore, who declined to detail the specifics of the discord between the two men.
He said security cameras from nearby businesses captured the shooting as it unfolded around 3:20 p.m. on Sunday.
Eric Holder, the suspected killer of Nipsey Hussle, has been arrested and is in police custody. Thank you to both our community for the heightened awareness/vigilance, and our partners at @LASDHQ. pic.twitter.com/0zujy89Yfm
— LAPD HQ (@LAPDHQ)
The chief said witnesses told investigators that Holder and Hussle, 33, who was born Ermias Asghedom and raised in the neighborhood he was killed in, got into an argument in front of his clothing store, The Marathon. He said Holder left the store, but later returned with a handgun and opened fire on Hussle and two other men, who have not been identified.
Hussle was hit multiple times, including shots to the head and torso, according to the Los Angeles County medical examiner’s office.
Moore said Holder ran from the scene and got into a 2016 white Chevrolet Cruze driven by an unidentified woman and sped away. He…
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