A third person has been charged in the November 2021 murder of Memphis rap star, Young Dolph.
During a press conference on Wednesday, Jan. 12, U.S. Marshals announced that 27-year-old Shundale Barnett had been charged with being an after-the-fact accessory to first-degree murder. A day earlier, primary suspect, rapper Straight Drop aka Justin Johnson, 23, was taken into custody after being located in Atlanta, and prior to that Cornelius Smith had also been charged with first-degree murder.
“U.S. Marshals took Johnson into custody Tuesday near Terre Haute, Indiana, several days after authorities announced a warrant and reward for his arrest. Johnson waived extradition Wednesday morning and U.S. Marshals said he’ll soon be transferred back to Memphis.” – ABC24
In terms of Barnett’s involvement as an accessory after the fact, U.S. Marshal Tyreece Miller explained that he had been accused of assisting Johnson as he evaded law enforcement in Indiana.
According to Miller, Barnett was a passenger in a vehicle pulled over at a truck stop just outside Terre Haute, Indiana, Tuesday afternoon amid a national manhunt for Justin Johnson, 23, the Memphis man identified last week as the subject of a first-degree murder warrant in the Young Dolph case. Johnson was behind the wheel and taken into custody without a fight, Miller said.
