Nipsey Hussle, here in 2018, was fatally shot in 2019.
A Los Angeles jury has found Eric Ronald Holder Jr. guilty of first-degree murder in shooting death of the late rapper Nipsey Hussle.
The beloved artist, born Ermias Joseph Asghedom, was fatally shot on March 31, 2019 near his Marathon Clothing store in South Los Angeles. He was 33.
Holder, who knew Hussle, had approached him over allegations he had called him a snitch, according to prosecutors.
“We told you that Mr. Holder Jr. did shoot Mr. Asghedom,” said defense attorney Aaron Jansen during closing arguments last week, asking jurors to consider lesser charges. “We told you it was voluntary manslaughter and that he acted in a heat of passion. And we told you what that heat of passion that he acted on consisted of – it consisted of being called publicly a snitch by someone as famous as Nipsey Hussle and we believe that is what the evidence showed.”
But prosecutor John McKinney argued Holder was not consumed by rage that day.
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Holder was also convicted of two counts of attempted voluntary manslaughter for injuring bystanders when he shot Hussle, assault with a firearm and one count of possession of a firearm by a felon.
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Holder is scheduled to be sentenced on September 15. His attorney said they plan to appeal.
A Los Angeles jury has found Eric Ronald Holder Jr. guilty of first-degree murder in shooting death of the late rapper Nipsey Hussle.
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