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On a Wednesday afternoon, November 17, 2021, the life of 36-year-old Black male, Adolph Robert Thornton Jr., professionally known as the rapper Young Dolph, was abruptly ended in a hail of gunfire in his hometown of Memphis, Tennessee. He had been visiting a local bakery, Makeda's Homemade Butter Cookies, a place he was known to frequent, to buy cookies for his mother. While inside the shop, two men armed with firearms exited a stolen white Mercedes-Benz and opened fire, shooting through the fro ...Read More
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Victim Details

Adolph “Young Dolph” Thornton, Jr.

Male

Black / African American

Memphis

TN

2021-11-17

36

Adolph

Young Dolph Thornton

12/31/2025