Young Dolph autopsy report reveals rapper, 36, was brutally shot 22 times in the ‘head, neck, & torso’ at cookie store
RAPPER Young Dolph was brutally shot 22 times in the head, neck, and torso when he was killed at a cookie shop, an autopsy report has revealed.
The report from the West Tennessee Office of the Medical Examiner was made public on Tuesday.
The 36-year-old, whose full name is Adolph Thornton Jr, died at Makeda's Homemade Cookies following the shooting.
The public release of the autopsy report quickly caught the attention of fans, who took to Twitter to share their thoughts.
"Why was young dolph autopsy report even released, that should have been kept private," tweeted one user.
"I didn’t need to know how many times Young Dolph was shot. That’s distasteful," tweeted another.
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"They just released the official autopsy of Young Dolph and honestly they could have kept it. Those details were NOT needed. Long Live Dolph," another tweet read.
Young Dolph was buying cookies from the shop, in his hometown of Memphis, when he was gunned down on November 17, 2021.
Maurice Hill, owner of Makeda's Homemade Cookies, said his employees told him Dolph walked into the shop to purchase cookies, according to FOX13.
Hill then claimed that someone drove up to the shop and starting shooting inside, killing the rapper.
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Two men, Justin Johnson and Cornelius Smith, have been charged with murder, attempted murder, and theft.
The attempted murder charges relate to Young Dolph's brother, who was also at the cookie shop at the time of the shooting.
The getaway vehicle in the shooting was stolen during a carjacking the week prior, resulting in the theft charge, according to reports.
Both men are due back in court on March 24, according to reports.
Two other men, Devin Burns and Joshua Taylor, have been named persons of interest in the incident.
Burns was arrested on February 22 and charged with four counts of aggravated assault and one count of property theft, ABC24 reports.
It is unclear what roles the two may have had in the shooting.
A fifth man, Shundale Barnett, has a warrant out for his arrest for the role he played in the shooting, according to reports.
Barnett's arrest was announced on January 11 by US Marshals. He was being held in an Indiana jail awaiting extradition to Memphis. But jail records show that he is no longer behind bars.
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He is accused of being an accessory in the rapper's death and the alleged attempted killing of Thorton's brother.
Barnett's whereabouts remain unknown.
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