Yo Gotti affiliate Corey McClendon was booked on Wednesday (September 27) for an attempted murder charge following the Hollywood shooting of Young Dolph on Tuesday (September 26). According to USA Today, McClendon has been released without charges.
Los Angeles District Attorney office spokesman Greg Risling said the 42-year-old man was released early Friday (September 29) after prosecutors requested “further investigation” by police.
McClendon had been held for 48 hours on a $1 million bond. Risling explained that under California law, “if you are arrested and booked and no charges are filed within 48 hours, you have to be released.”
He also added that police must “come back to us with a case and then (the district attorney) will decide whether to file charges” after further investigation.
Police are still looking for two other people suspected of being involved in the altercation outside the Loews Hollywood Hotel that led to the shooting. Members of Gotti and Dolph’s entourages were both staying at the same hotel.
Following the afternoon incident, Dolph was rushed to a local hospital with multiple gunshot wounds and was listed in critical condition. He is expected to survive.
HipHopDX reached out to Dolph’s publicist, but has not yet received an official statement.
(This article was last updated on September 27, 2017 and can be found below.)
Young Dolph is in critical condition at a Los Angeles hospital after being shot multiple times on Tuesday (September 26), but the “Bulletproof” rapper is expected to survive, according to the L.A. Times. The incident happened in broad daylight at the intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Highland, a busy tourist district near the famous TCL Chinese Theatre.
Los Angeles Police Officer Mike Lopez said the shooting stemmed from an altercation between Dolph and three other men outside of the Loews Hollywood Hotel. At one point, the self-proclaimed King of Memphis was knocked to the ground and shot several times. Dolph managed to get to the nearby Shoe Palace while two of the men took off on foot, and a third peeled off in a Cadillac Escalade, which was later discovered abandoned near the scene.
Late Tuesday afternoon, TMZ reported that the LAPD had named fellow rapper Yo Gotti a person of interest. Gotti and Dolph were both staying at the Loews Hotel, but on Wednesday morning (September 27), the L.A. County Sheriff’s Office reportedly disputed those claims and confirmed Gotti is not a person of interest at this time.
One person was detained at the scene, but released without charges.
(The original version of this article was published on September 26, 2017 and can be found below.)
Young Dolph is reportedly on his way to the hospital after being shot in Hollywood on Tuesday (September 26). According to TMZ, he was shot multiple times just outside the Shoe Palace at the intersection of Hollywood and Highland.
Officers were nearby and responded immediately.
The self-proclaimed “King of Memphis” suffered several gunshot wounds, although his injuries are reportedly not life threatening. So far, no arrests have been made.
In February, Dolph’s SUV was shot over 100 times in Charlotte, North Carolina. Blac Youngsta turned himself in shortly after a warrant was issued for his arrest in May.
UPDATE: Yo Gotti has been named a person of interest, according to TMZ. Gotti and Dolph were both staying at the Loews Hollywood Hotel when their respective entourages got into an argument and it quickly turned physical. As Dolph was on the ground, he was shot several times.
I knew Yo Gotti was going to catch dolphin ass slipping when he least expect it. That Play wit yo bitch record is the reason why he laid up in a Hollywood hospital. Oh well. I guess all that gun talk and how he bulletproof was all for show. SMH
Fuck u pussy PRE
Don’t be mad at me your lover laid up with new holes in his body for you to play with. Take that same energy and find the rest of them dudes who wanted your boo dead
Don’t really care for guy but obviously hoe gotti needs to go get his money back. Dude is still alive. I guess cali boys can’t aim
These ninjas garbage…songs are wack as fxxx..probably only thing they good at…sure aint rapping..
Smh
I guess you AINT bulletproof pussy
Says the teen on the annonymous internet forum man i smell fish from here
You the pussy talking bad bout someone who just got shot. Do us all a favour and slit your wrists
Let’s hope he dies
Too far Not necessary Brodie.
Ur baby looks so high hahaha
Your a fuckin moron talkin kids being high god damn
Personally I’m hoping you die, slowly and painfully, with the thought of young Dolph and yo gotti on your mind
Man shouldnt of been talkin being bullet proof… its like sayin your iron chin whats gonna happen eventualy? Gonna get tested… rest up dolph got more real shit to drop for the streets
how do black lives matter when theres constant black on black crime? i dont get it. why should anyone have sympathy for the cause when this shit happenes all the time?
according to the cultural marxist communist sjw feminist anti-white propaganda black on black crime is white hetero man fault
GO LISTEN TO BARRY MANILOW AND LEAVE US ALONE…WHITE DEVIL!
this isnt no king dj paul amd juicy j be da kings of memphis
Juicy ditched memphis for anyone whos popping to cling on to but project pat and dj paul there we go
one of the last real trap rappers and its getting killed, god deam why dont they shoot drake or uzi vert
Because Drake is way too smart for this street bullshit.
But he raps about catching bodies and running through the 6 with his woes. Doing songs with 21 Savage, Future, Migos and Gucci to get that street cred. He also hangs around thugs and criminals, trying to act like he bout it bout it. And one of his street homies got murked last week. Too smart for street shit? More like he’s got one foot in.
Thugs being thugs… SMH.
Fuck blowin money at the club, they bout to blow money in court
Won’t you shooting each other for? Enjoy your blessings I mean you’re in Hollywood and making lots of money.
I did.
DJ Paul the KOM not this f4gerino. also regarding Gotti – he dindu nuffin.
Psa….. Rappers stop trying to be about that street shit,,,,be a rapper….if you bout it,, no need to brag,,,blast first,dont make a song about it,andand keep it to your phuccin self…,…
Doing stupid shit then yelling racism. SMH.
Yeah. Some of us do a lot of shit just like other some people of other races but racism is real too.
Man shut ya dumb ass up we don’t need a speech
I needed one
Sorry…”King Of Memphis aka KON” is reserved for DJ Paul…Dolph is a newbie wannabe…
Bunch of agents in here ppl. That is all
What’s wrong with your baby? He ain’t shit!
Whats the real beef here they both making money ,Gotti is OG in the game and Dolph is the next one up if Gotti is this dumb to risk it all for some lame rep is crazy we all Gangsta black is train wreck his 15 mins almost up . One thing for sure you can murder someone on the west coast and the case will never be solved with witness in cars and walking down the stree Vegas or LA
DJ PAUL is the king of Memphis
Get yo sh1t straight mayne
Who shot ya, boy? Lol I will always shoot your ass down. Why? Because I HATE YOU.
Let me find out Yo Gotti got LAPD on payroll hahahahahaha
He aint that rich
How u know how much money he got are u his accountant stfu
Please stop already with that bullshit narrative that white people and white owned media come with all the time! Stats prove the EVERYONE is most likely to be killed by someone of there own race, it’s about proximity of who you live around. White people get killed by white just as much and Latino by latino and so on . When it comes to racism hell yeah people scream racism because when a black person kills another they get punished but when a police officer kills a in a lot of cases an unarmed black man, woman, or child then it’s always being justified in the media. We already know we need to do better but let’s not pretend our poverty was not engineered by our system, and I don’t say that for us to play victims but keep mind that the average black person lives a regular life, goes to work, pays bills and so on but the media would have you believe we’re the most violent. Kindly gtfoh with that
Man your way to concerned with others
If TMZ say he did that sh!t…….then he did it!
Man STFU and get off Gucci dick