Eric Holder, Nipsey Hussle Alleged Murderer Begins Trial

In his opening statement, Deputy District Attorney John McKinney told the downtown Los Angeles jury that Holder, “pulls out not one but two guns and starts shooting” after a conversation with the rapper that included allegations of “snitching.”

Surveillance video shows Holder was shooting from his left hand and his right hand, according to the prosecutor.

Nipsey, who was 33, was struck by at least 10 and possibly 11 bullets in an “explosion of violence,” McKinney said, noting that the rapper was, “shot from literally the bottom of his feet to the top of his head” and that he would have been a paraplegic if he survived because one bullet transected his spine.

The defense lawyer said he is confident the panel will acquit his client of first-degree murder, along with the two attempted murder counts.

Holder surrendered himself at a mental health clinic in Bellflower three days after the shooting, according to his lawyer.