Rapper Young Dolph fatally shot; police chief urges people to ‘stay home’
A Memphis police officer hugs the family of rapper Young Dolph after he was killed outside of a store on Airways Boulevard on Nov. 17, 2021. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Dozens of onlookers gathered at the scene where rapper Young Dolph was killed outside of a store on Airways Boulevard on Nov. 17, 2021. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Memphis police officers keep an eye on the crowd at the scene where rapper Young Dolph was killed outside of a store on Airways Boulevard on Nov. 17, 2021. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
A group of Memphis police officers converse at the scene where rapper Young Dolph was killed outside of a store on Airways Boulevard on Nov. 17, 2021.(Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Memphis police officers work the scene where rapper Young Dolph was killed outside of a store on Airways Boulevard on Nov. 17, 2021. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Many onlookers gathered at the scene where rapper Young Dolph was killed outside of a store on Airways Boulevard on Nov. 17, 2021.(Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Memphis police officers work the crowd at the scene where rapper Young Dolph was killed outside of a storeon Airways Boulevard on Nov. 17, 2021.(Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
The car of Young Dolph gets towed down Airways Boulevard after the rapper was killed outside of a store on Airways Boulevard on Nov. 17, 2021.(Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Memphis rapper and Billboard Top 10 artist Young Dolph died at a local cookie shop after being fatally shot Wednesday, Nov. 17, spurring an outpouring of grief.
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