Nipsey Hussle’s murder happened in view of a nearby surveillance camera — and the footage could give police a lead in their search for the trigger man.
The LAPD has confirmed that they identified the suspect in Nipsey Hussle’s murder and he is someone who the rapper knows personally.
According to TMZ reports, A longer version of the surveillance video shows the shooter — the man in the dark shirt — opening fire 3 separate times on Nipsey Hussle. He shoots Nipsey once … starts walking away … then comes back a second time and shoots again, and then a third time.
After the third time, he kicks Nipsey and flees back toward the alley … where we initially saw him enter the video.
Multiple sources tell us before the shooter unloaded, he had a tense convo with Nipsey. We’re told Nipsey asked him if he had snitched to cops in the past because that was the word on the street.
We’re told the suspect felt disrespected, left to get a gun … then returned to get revenge.
UPDATES: LAPD Names Suspect Wanted For Homicide For Nipsey Hussle’s Murder
The Los Angeles Police Department has publicly released the name of their suspect. Ths LAPD tweeted this evening, “Eric Holder is wanted for Homicide in the shooting of Nipsey Hussle.
He was last seen in a 2016 white 4 door Chevy Cruze CA license plate 7RJD742. Anyone with information related to his whereabouts of this deadly shooting is urged to contact South Bureau Homicide at 323-786-5100.”
Eric Holder is wanted for Homicide in the shooting of Nipsey Hussle. He was last seen in a 2016 white 4 door Chevy Cruze CA license plate 7RJD742. Anyone with information related to his whereabouts or this deadly shooting is urged to contact South Bureau Homicide at 323-786-5100 pic.twitter.com/3pX4fbezDs
— LAPD HQ (@LAPDHQ) April 2, 2019
NBC 4 News reports that 29-year-old Holder is also responsible for the shooting of two other people. According to sources, Holder approached the rapper, got into a confrontation with him, then later returned and shot him multiple times, point blank.
Then the suspect ran into an alley and jumped into a getaway car that was waiting on him. Surveillance footage of the incident has also been released, showing the moments before and after the altercation happened.
