{"id":4713,"date":"2025-10-25T21:12:41","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T21:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/2025\/10\/25\/lil-marlos-dad-slams-atlanta-police-over-sons-cold-murder-case\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T21:12:41","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T21:12:41","slug":"lil-marlos-dad-slams-atlanta-police-over-sons-cold-murder-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/2025\/10\/25\/lil-marlos-dad-slams-atlanta-police-over-sons-cold-murder-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Lil Marlo\u2019s Dad Slams Atlanta Police Over Son&#8217;s Cold Murder Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/allhiphop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Lil-Marlo.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/allhiphop.com\/tag\/lil-marlo\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lil Marlo<\/a>\u2018s family is demanding answers from authorities, five years after the rapper was brutally gunned down, with no one ever being charged for the crime.<\/p>\n<p>Now, his father, Rudolph Johnson, is demanding answers since the cops have not made a single arrest related to the homicide.<\/p>\n<p>The Hip-Hop artist, born Rudolph Simmons Johnson IV, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/allhiphop.com\/news\/quality-control-rapper-lil-marlo-killed-in-shooting\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">was only 30 when police found him shot to death inside a wrecked car on Interstate 285 near the Benjamin E. Mays Drive overpass on July 11, 2020.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Investigators believe he was targeted, but five years later, the case remains open, with no suspects in custody.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe haven\u2019t had closure yet,\u201d Johnson told <em>FOX 5 Atlanta.<\/em> \u201cIt\u2019s been a hard five years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Quality Control Music signee had been in the studio the night he was killed. Around 11:30 P.M., someone opened fire as he drove, causing his vehicle to crash. His death left behind three children, now between the ages of 8 and 12.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis mother called me and said, \u2018Rudy is gone. He\u2019s gone! He\u2019s gone!\u2019\u201d Johnson said. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t want to believe it. I didn\u2019t believe it and I couldn\u2019t believe it.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-9-16 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><d class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"QC Lil Marlo car shoot up\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Xm7HfEcJRD8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/d><\/figure>\n<p>Lil Marlo, whose music was gaining traction in Atlanta\u2019s Hip-Hop scene, had ambitions beyond music. According to his father, he wanted to use his platform to uplift his neighborhood and provide for his family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe wanted to use that to make things better, not just for him and his family, but also his community where he was from,\u201d Johnson said.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the case\u2019s high profile and repeated media coverage, the investigation has stalled.<\/p>\n<p><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5atlanta.com\/news\/atlanta-rapper-lil-marlo-unsolved-murder-five-years-later\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FOX 5 Atlanta<\/a><\/em> reported that the Atlanta Police Department did not respond to multiple inquiries this week about the case\u2019s status.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not gonna let this situation slide under the rug,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cI\u2019m gonna get out and do whatever I can to make noise so that this case can be solved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Fulton County Medical Examiner confirmed the rapper\u2019s death, but the lack of movement in the case has left Johnson frustrated. His call for justice echoes the voices of many families across Atlanta still waiting for answers in unsolved killings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just don\u2019t understand how or why,\u201d Johnson said.<\/p>\n<p>He continues to urge anyone with information to come forward and contact Atlanta police, hoping that someone will finally break the silence.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><d class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><br \/>\n<d class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lil Marlo - &quot;Tell Me How&quot; (Official Video)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bh7ohdM_geo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/d><br \/>\n<\/d><\/figure>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/allhiphop.com\/news\/lil-marlos-dad-slams-atlanta-police-over-sons-cold-murder-case\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lil Marlo\u2018s family is demanding answers from authorities, five years after the rapper was brutally gunned down, with no one ever being charged for the crime. Now, his father, Rudolph Johnson, is demanding answers since the cops have not made a single arrest related to the homicide. 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