Young Dolph: Police Search For Third Suspect In Brazen Shooting Death
A third suspect in Young Dolph’s murder is missing after he was released in January from an Indiana jail.
According to WREG, authorities have issued an arrest warrant for 28-year-old Shondale Barnett, who was arrested on January 11 alongside fellow suspect Justin Johnson. He was supposed to be extradited back to Memphis, but was actually released from custody on January 21, according to Rolling Stone.
Barnett is currently wanted by the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office, who say they don’t know where he is. It remains unclear why he was released.
“On Jan. 11, Mr. Shundale Barnett was brought to the Clay County Jail by the Indiana State Police from an arrest on I-70. He was booked in the Clay County Jail on an outstanding warrant from Shelby County, Tennessee,” Clay County Sheriff Paul Harden said during a press conference on Thursday (February 17), according to WREG. “We contacted Shelby County and held him on their warrant. And we were contacted on Jan. 21 and they told us that they were no longer wanting to come and pick up Mr. Barnett and that we were to release him at that time.”
At the presser, District Attorney General Amy Weirich would not provide a definitive answer as to why Barnett was released from custody.
“I can’t, because it’s a pending case,” she said. “It is a pending investigation, it is a pending prosecution, and we can’t get into that at this time. When we can, we will answer all those questions that I know the public has.”
Barnett was charged with being an accessory after the fact to first-degree murder in the Memphis rapper’s death. He also faces charges of criminal attempt to commit first-degree murder and theft of property.
