Over three years after the tragic 2019 killing of Los Angeles icon Nipsey Hussle, Eric Holder was convicted by a grand jury on first-degree murder charges on Wednesday (July 6).
The guilty verdict was read aloud to the Los Angeles courtroom around 10:40 a.m. PT, according to Los Angeles Times court reporter James Queally.
Holder, 32, was allegedly angered by Nipsey accusing him of being a snitch outside of his Marathon Clothing store in Los Angeles on March 31, 2019.
“Nipsey was like, ‘Man, you know, they got some paperwork on you, you know. I haven’t read it, you know. Like you my bro, you know. Like maybe you need to take care of that, you know,’” a witness said to the grand jury in 2019.
Holder returned to the scene with a pair of weapons and unloaded at least 10 shots into the Crenshaw rapper, which ultimately proved to be fatal.
A separate witness named Shermi Villanueva recounted what he saw in Nipsey’s final moments after Holder pulled the trigger.
“He shot me. He shot me,” the 47-year-old recalled Nipsey stating while he lay on the ground in a pool of blood.
Eric Holder was quickly apprehended by authorities on April 4, 2019. The delayed trial finally got underway in June and lasted two weeks.
Nipsey Hussle's Alleged Killer Beaten Up So Badly He Needed Staples
During the trial, the 32-year-old was the victim of a brutal beatdown behind bars at the hands of other inmates on June 28. He reportedly needed three staples in his head and was too injured to attend court.
According to Queally, Holder had no reaction to the verdict and was also convicted on two counts of attempted voluntary manslaughter and assault for shooting and wounding two other men at the scene.
Queally speculates that Holder’s sentencing could lean “towards life” behind bars but he could be eligible for parole under a new state provision.
Justice, though it don’t bring back the man. SIP King Ermias
He’ll either die in prison or be killed by someone in there.
well deserved. on getting his ass beaten in those bars and the conviction. it has to stop. us killing another Black man. so jealous of that man because he made it through hard work. instead of just trying to kill, just ask him to help him become a success. that’s it. we always have to be crabs in the bucket and i’m tired of it. i hope they keep beating his ass til he taps out. no mercy for what he did to Nipsey. but even what i said here is a bit wrong. but what else can this man get as final punishment. this is the icing on the cake and I welcome it
he accused dude of being a snitch which is basically a death sentence in that world – if Nipsey wasnt involved in street politics none of this would have happened. this is what gang members do to each other when they reach their 30s and 40s they betray and kill each other
There’s other witness accounts that a conversation about this never occurred. He got jealous when the woman he was with got excited over Nipsey.
you really believe that? these guys are bloods and crips in compton. it’s not a joke and it’s not a social club. nobody shot nobody over any girl you clowns always want to drag rap into your gang nonsense and fuck off
That snitch story is some bullshit. Anybody who was paying attention should see that. That “story” came out too quick and too detailed immediately after the shooting. Anytime you have a story like that with exact quotes and all this right after the story, it’s some bullshit.
so now that they got the motive in the grand jury and convicted the guy you want to say it had nothing to do with street politics and this was just a jealous dude mad over nipsey rap fame. seems very convenient that now that he’s convicted there’s some other story. no it’s not. you sound stupid saying oh it’s crazy they got exact quotes. it’s called eyewitness testimony. the witness testified to motive and you’re mad because you want the motive to be rap related soooooo bad when it’s obvious your hero was still running crip business and paid the price for that
Pretty damn sad, take anothers life over being called a snitch? A word? Everyone so sensitive and nah that is not gangsta its fucking stupidity at its finest
being a rap star doesn’t make you a black hero no matter what simps want to say. If you have beefs on the street, rap fame is something that can get you killed doesn’t matter who you are. street beefs are about power if one dude wants to flex on the street and he has rap money behind him that makes him a threat to rivals who don’t have access to those resources. don’t be thinking you can launder street beef through rap fame unless you man up and say I’m not involved stay away from those areas other than genuine non- gang related charity etc and even that very careful
This culture is so weird because if it was the other way around and Nipsey killed a dude it would be “free Nip” “Nip a real one” but since this dude wasn’t a rapper and killed a rapper everyone is happy. Either way murder is disgusting but just saying