Witnesses told police that someone drove up and shot the 36-year-old rapper outside a Memphis bakery. Memphis police are currently searching for the shooter.
London Lamar, a Democratic member of the Tennessee state House of Representatives, has called for a curfew in the city of Memphis after the Wednesday death of rapper Young Dolph. « I’m making the suggestion to the @CityOfMemphis (and the Memphis City Council) to implement a citywide curfew!! » Lamar wrote in a Wednesday afternoon tweet, following reports of the rapper’s fatal shooting. The 36-year-old rapper, whose birth name is Adolph Robert Thornton Jr., was shot Wednesday at Makeda’s Homemade Cookies, a bakery near Memphis International Airport, by someone who drove up to the eatery, witnesses told police. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Memphis police are currently searching for the shooter. They have asked for the public’s help for any information.
