{STREETZMORNINGTAKEOVER} NIPSEY HUSSLE SHOOTING SUSPECT UPDATE

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Eric Holder, the suspect in the fatal shooting of Grammy-nominated rapper Nipsey Hussle, pleaded not guilty Thursday to one charge of murder and two counts of attempted murder, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said.

Holder, 29, was also charged with possession of a firearm by a felon.

He is being held on $5,000,000 bail, according to online jail records. If convicted of murder, Holder faces between 25 years and life in prison.

He is scheduled to be in court again May 10.

Holder was taken into custody Tuesday after a two-day manhunt following the shooting, in which two other men were wounded.

Los Angeles police Chief Michel Moore told reporters Tuesday morning that Holder and Nipsey knew each other, and the suspect had approached the rapper several times on Sunday.

Mr. Holder’s defense lawyer, Chris Darden, declined to comment.

According to video evidence cited by the police, Mr. Holder walked up to Nipsey Hussle and the two men who were with him several times before leaving and returning with a handgun. He fired several times before fleeing in a white Chevy Cruze that was driven by an unidentified woman.

The chief of the Los Angeles Police Department, Michel R. Moore, said at a news conference on Tuesday, that investigators believed the shooting was rooted in a personal dispute between Nipsey Hussle and Mr. Holder. Chief Moore said that Mr. Holder was believed to be a member of a gang, but that the police did not think the shooting was related to gang rivalries.