{"id":686452,"date":"2025-08-22T01:40:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T22:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/young-dolph-murder-suspect-found-not-guilty-on-all-charges\/"},"modified":"2025-08-22T01:40:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T22:40:16","slug":"young-dolph-murder-suspect-found-not-guilty-on-all-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/young-dolph-murder-suspect-found-not-guilty-on-all-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Young Dolph murder suspect found not guilty on all charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2a36f9d618f\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg 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class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/young-dolph-murder-suspect-found-not-guilty-on-all-charges\/#Hernandez_Govan_was_one_of_three_defendants_accused_in_the_2021_shooting\" >Hernandez Govan was one of three defendants accused in the 2021 shooting.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"deck\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Hernandez_Govan_was_one_of_three_defendants_accused_in_the_2021_shooting\"><\/span>Hernandez Govan was one of three defendants accused in the 2021 shooting. <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"content_blocks\">\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-273428\" class=\"content_block paragraph image triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_760,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/young-dolph-in-2019-photo-by-jerod-harris-getty-images-for-west-coast-cure_vju73l\/young-dolph-in-2019-photo-by-jerod-harris-getty-images-for-west-coast-cure.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/young-dolph-in-2019-photo-by-jerod-harris-getty-images-for-west-coast-cure_vju73l\/young-dolph-in-2019-photo-by-jerod-harris-getty-images-for-west-coast-cure.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/young-dolph-in-2019-photo-by-jerod-harris-getty-images-for-west-coast-cure_vju73l\/young-dolph-in-2019-photo-by-jerod-harris-getty-images-for-west-coast-cure.jpg 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1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/young-dolph-in-2019-photo-by-jerod-harris-getty-images-for-west-coast-cure_vju73l\/young-dolph-in-2019-photo-by-jerod-harris-getty-images-for-west-coast-cure.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/young-dolph-in-2019-photo-by-jerod-harris-getty-images-for-west-coast-cure_vju73l\/young-dolph-in-2019-photo-by-jerod-harris-getty-images-for-west-coast-cure.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"60vw\" alt=\"Young Dolph murder suspect found not guilty on all charges\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>    <span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n      Young Dolph in 2019. Photo by Jerod Harris\/Getty Images for West Coast Cure<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><br \/>\n      \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-273427\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            45-year-old Hernandez Govan, the man accused of organizing the shooting that killed r<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>er Young Dolph, has been found not guilty on the fourth day of his trial on Thursday, August 21, local Mississippi <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> outlets confirm. Govan\u2019s charges included first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, and attempted murder.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            Dolph died at 36 on November 17, 2021, after being shot over 20 times in a bakery in Memphis. Cornelius Smith and Justin Johnson were arrested in January 2022 for the shooting itself, while Govan was indicted in November 2022 on suspicion of organizing the hit. The alleged mastermind pled not guilty.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            After Smith admitted to being one of the shooters, he testified as a witness against Johnson in 2024. His testimony paralleled prosecutors\u2019 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/young-dolph-hernandez-govan-murder-memphis-2nd-trial\/\">claim<\/a> that Anthony \u201cBig Jook\u201d Mims, who died in a shooting outside a restaurant earlier this year, initiated a $100,000 hit against Young Dolph for dropping diss tracks against him, his brother Yo Gotti, and their record label.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            During the first day of Govan\u2019s trial on August 18, Smith testified that he and Johnson were hired by Govan to \u201cdo the hits\u201d in exchange for a cut of the bounty, according to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/young-dolph-hernandez-govan-murder-memphis-2nd-trial\/\">CBS News<\/a>. Govan\u2019s lawyer claimed that Smith\u2019s testimony had numerous inconsistencies.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            Young Dolph, born Adolph Robert Thornton Jr., dropped numerous mixtapes before releasing his successful debut album in 2016. He started his own label, Paper Route Empire, and became equally known for his defiant songs and his <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/idamae.org\/\">philanthropic endeavors<\/a>. He is survived by a son and daughter.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">Nora Wang<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Photo by Jerod Harris\/Getty Images for West Coast Cure \u00a0 45-year-old Hernandez Govan, the man accused of organizing the shooting that killed rapper Young Dolph, has been found not guilty on the fourth day of his trial on Thursday,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":686453,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/c_limit,w_1024\/c_crop,h_533,w_1024,x_0,y_103,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/young-dolph-in-2019-photo-by-jerod-harris-getty-images-for-west-coast-cure_u2yavh\/young-dolph-in-2019-photo-by-jerod-harris-getty-images-for-west-coast-cure_u2yavh.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[70532,90210],"class_list":["post-686452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-social-mediaa","tag-hip-hop","tag-young-dolph"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=686452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686452\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/686453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=686452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=686452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=686452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}