{"id":1973307,"date":"2025-08-21T22:58:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T22:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1973307"},"modified":"2025-08-21T22:58:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T22:58:13","slug":"memphis-man-not-guilty-in-young-dolph-ambush-killing-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/memphis-man-not-guilty-in-young-dolph-ambush-killing-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Memphis Man Not Guilty In Young Dolph Ambush Killing Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div class=\"cli cli-embed cli-embed--full-width js-no-inject\">\n<div class=\"js-react-hydrator\" data-component-name=\"YouTube\" data-component-id=\"1743\" data-component-props=\"{&quot;itemType&quot;:&quot;video&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:0,&quot;contentIndexByType&quot;:1,&quot;contentListType&quot;:&quot;embed&quot;,&quot;code&quot;:&quot;&lt;div style=\\&quot;left: 0; width: 100%; height: 0; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%;\\&quot;&gt;&lt;iframe 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loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hernandez Govan found not guilty on all charges related to Young Dolph&#039;s murder\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9Rtjh4-9Ro4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) \u2014 A jury found a man not guilty Thursday of organizing the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/entertainment-music-arts-and-entertainment-crime-shootings-68cb290e943dd1de5dfe9a12b04eba6d\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"daytime ambush killing\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"68a74855e4b0cfb9a82aa927\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/entertainment-music-arts-and-entertainment-crime-shootings-68cb290e943dd1de5dfe9a12b04eba6d\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"0\">daytime ambush killing<\/a> of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/young-dolph-rapper-shooting-memphis-trial-14e3cf33a24f1106401a2ef835f0008f\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"rapper Young Dolph\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"68a74855e4b0cfb9a82aa927\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/young-dolph-rapper-shooting-memphis-trial-14e3cf33a24f1106401a2ef835f0008f\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"1\">rapper Young Dolph<\/a> at a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/crime-tennessee-memphis-cf1fa8952d644db704eed122691cec5d\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"Memphis bakery\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"68a74855e4b0cfb9a82aa927\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/crime-tennessee-memphis-cf1fa8952d644db704eed122691cec5d\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"2\">Memphis bakery<\/a> in November 2021.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>A Memphis jury deliberated about three hours before finding Hernandez Govan, 45, not guilty of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit first-degree murder.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>Govan hugged his lawyer and thanked Shelby County Judge Jennifer Mitchell after she told him he was free to go.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>Govan was not accused of shooting Young Dolph, but prosecutors claimed he directed the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/rapper-young-dolph-killed-memphis-trial-f5c38b0d4d7b8a79e28c2b2695ac387f\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"two people\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"68a74855e4b0cfb9a82aa927\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/rapper-young-dolph-killed-memphis-trial-f5c38b0d4d7b8a79e28c2b2695ac387f\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"3\">two people<\/a> who did. The jury was not convinced, however, despite a man\u2019s testimony that Govan hired him to \u201cdo the hits\u201d and was going to take $10,000 as his cut.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>Govan\u2019s lawyer questioned the quality of the police investigation and the validity of cellphone communications between Govan and the men who shot Dolph, arguing that nothing in the communications directly incriminated Govan or tied him to the killings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>Young Dolph, whose legal name is Adolph Thornton Jr., was a rapper, independent label owner and producer who grew up in Memphis and was <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/entertainment-business-arts-and-entertainment-shootings-tennessee-9813d26d73c219549898d9b5a26c1631\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"admired in the city\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"68a74855e4b0cfb9a82aa927\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/entertainment-business-arts-and-entertainment-shootings-tennessee-9813d26d73c219549898d9b5a26c1631\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"4\">admired in the city<\/a> for his charitable works. The 36-year-old was in his hometown to hand out Thanksgiving turkeys to families when his visit to his favorite cookie shop turned into an attack that shocked the entertainment world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>Authorities said two men exited a white Mercedes Benz and began shooting at the rapper at the bakery. He died after being shot about 20 times, according to a medical examiner\u2019s report.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>Testifying against Govan was Cornelius Smith Jr., who has admitted to being one of the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/entertainment-lifestyle-arts-and-entertainment-crime-music-ffcedfea3d09e10e126883251acfc8d7\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"two shooters\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"68a74855e4b0cfb9a82aa927\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/entertainment-lifestyle-arts-and-entertainment-crime-music-ffcedfea3d09e10e126883251acfc8d7\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"5\">two shooters<\/a> who ambushed Young Dolph. Smith previously was the main witness against <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/rapper-young-dolph-killed-memphis-trial-2589412176e094201a2be25c672b735e\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"Justin Johnson\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"68a74855e4b0cfb9a82aa927\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/rapper-young-dolph-killed-memphis-trial-2589412176e094201a2be25c672b735e\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"6\">Justin Johnson<\/a>, who was convicted of first-degree murder in 2024 after Smith named him as the second shooter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>Memphis prosecutors have portrayed the killing as part an effort by Anthony \u201cBig Jook\u201d Mims to get revenge on Young Dolph for diss tracks aimed at Big Jook and the record label he helped run for his brother, rapper Yo Gotti. Smith has testified that Big Jook put out a $100,000 hit on Young Dolph as well as smaller bounties on all the artists at Young Dolph\u2019s record label, Paper Route Empire.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>At the earlier trial of Justin Johnson, a prosecutor told <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/rapper-young-dolph-killed-memphis-trial-a921f1361667afe68002078c7a04f40a\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"jurors\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"68a74855e4b0cfb9a82aa927\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/rapper-young-dolph-killed-memphis-trial-a921f1361667afe68002078c7a04f40a\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"7\">jurors<\/a> Cocaine Muzik Group (now known as Collective Music Group), a rival record label founded by Yo Gotti, wanted Young Dolph to work for them, but he turned them down.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>Big Jook was shot and killed outside a restaurant in January 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>Smith testified Monday that \u201cI didn\u2019t know anything about Paper Route having no hits,\u201d before Govan told him about them. He said Govan hired him to \u201cdo the hits,\u201d including giving Smith guns for the killing, and was going to take $10,000 as his cut. Govan was also the person who told him and Johnson that Young Dolph would be in Memphis for the Thanksgiving turkey giveaway, so \u201cthat\u2019s our opportunity,\u201d Smith said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>Prosecutors introduced as evidence dozens of cellphone communications between Johnson, Smith, Govan and Big Jook ahead of the shooting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>Meanwhile, Govan\u2019s defense attorney, Manny Arora, tried to paint Smith as an unreliable witness who would say anything to try to get a lighter sentence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>Arora pointed to previous testimony where Smith recalled a chance encounter with Big Jook. At the time, Smith implied that Big Jook was the person who hired him. After Smith was arrested, his attorney called Big Jook\u2019s attorney and received somewhere between $38,000 and $50,000 in cash. Smith said on Monday that he did not know who had supplied the money.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>Smith also testified that he previously heard that Govan might be working with the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/news\/topic\/fbi\">FBI<\/a>. Arora asked why Smith would take a job from Govan if that were the case. 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