Authorities say Eric Holder, the prime suspect in Nipsey Hussle's shooting death, has been captured.

"Eric Holder, the suspected killer of Nipsey Hussle, has been arrested and is in police custody," the Los Angeles Police Department tweeted Tuesday afternoon.

Los Angeles sheriff's spokeswoman Nicole Nishida told the Associated Press a man matching the description of Holder was detained Tuesday afternoon in Bellflower, a city about 20 miles southeast of where Hussle was slain Sunday.

Police are also looking for the woman who drove Holder from the scene.

Earlier Tuesday, Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore provided more details on Holder and said police believe he and Hussle were "known to each other." He also addressed the violence that broke out Monday night during a vigil outside the South Central Los Angeles boutique where Hussle, 33, was killed.


Nipsey Hussle’s memorial had the flowers, messages of love and the votive candles lined in tribute. Emotional mourners came out by the hundreds, some in tears.

Los Angeles officials recently touted the city’s declining annual homicide rate, which, last year, fell below 260 for the first time since 2014. But the shooting death of the beloved rapper on Sunday outside the clothing store he owned in South Los Angeles was an undeniable reminder that violent crime is still a scourge. And this community had been here before.

In the hours after the shooting, in which two others were injured, Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore said that in the preceding week, there had been 26 other shooting victims and 10 killings in what he called a “troubling surge” of violence.