Eric Holder Jr., the man accused of killing Hussle, has been found guilty of murder.
After a two-week trial, the jury returned with a verdict of guilty on one count of first-degree murder.
Holder shot and killed Nipsey Hussle and wounded two bystanders on March 31, 2019, in the parking lot of the Victory Lap rapper’s The Marathon Clothing store in South Los Angeles. According to witness testimony, the shooting was triggered by Holder asking Nipsey if the rapper told people Holder snitched.
One of the prosecution’s key witnesses was Bryannita Nicholson, 35, a friend of Holder who had been driving him around on the day of the murder. She told jurors that she and Holder went to the shopping plaza that day to get something to eat at a nearby Master Burger restaurant when they spotted Nipsey in the parking lot in front of his store.
Nicholson, whose name was previously being withheld, was the witness who told the police in 2019 that Holder’s alleged snitching is what led to Nipsey’s shooting. She went to the Los Angeles Police Department the day following the killing after seeing her license plate on television, but was initially turned away. She was later offered witness protection after credible threats were made on her life.
