Nipsey Hussle’s suspected killer has been captured.
According to CBS Los Angeles, Eric Holder was taken into custody April 2, two days after Nipsey was fatally shot outside his clothing store in south L.A.
#BREAKING: The suspect in the shooting death of musician Nipsey Hussle has been captured in Bellflower, authorities say. pic.twitter.com/5P9ItJM3kH
— CBS Los Angeles (@CBSLA) April 2, 2019
A press conference was held where LAPD Chief Michel Moore and LA Mayor Eric Garcetti confirmed that 29-year-old Eric Holder is the main suspect in Nipsey Hussle’s killing.
LAPD chief describes how suspect Eric Holder allegedly shot and killed Nipsey Hussle outside the rapper's own clothing store https://t.co/X9qw8RLJTK pic.twitter.com/02bQoYJUVc
— CBS News (@CBSNews) April 2, 2019
LAPD Chief Michel Moore on when he learned of Nipsey Hussle's murder: "I saw the name Nipsey Hussle, and I looked at that again, and I looked at it again, and it was like I could not believe it…This is a voice that was trying to help" https://t.co/X9qw8RLJTK pic.twitter.com/YK7HeAcFVK
— CBS News (@CBSNews) April 2, 2019
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti: Nipsey Hussle "was a tireless advocate for the young people of this city and of this world, to lift them up with the possibility of not being imprisoned by where you come from, or past mistakes, but the possibility of what comes in the future" pic.twitter.com/oaksY5GaSf
— CBS News (@CBSNews) April 2, 2019
LA Mayor Eric Garcetti: The "absolute worst way" to pay back the murder of Nipsey Hussle "is with more violence" https://t.co/X9qw8RLJTK pic.twitter.com/Osm2yp6p6K
— CBS News (@CBSNews) April 2, 2019