A woman who says she was in the car with Eric Holder after he allegedly shot and killed Nipsey Hussle tells TMZ ... she was with Holder Sunday but had no idea what he was doing. We got tipped that the car police say Holder used was taken to an auto shop last June. We found out from people connected to the shop there was indeed a car that came in with the license plate in question. The name on the invoice was Eric Holder, along with a phone number. We called the number and a woman answered. She said she did not know Holder last June but subsequently did get to know him. That didn't make a lot of sense because it appears the car is registered to either her or someone in her family ... yet Holder's name was on the invoice. She told us it was her car. The woman then said she subsequently began a friendship with Holder and she was with him Sunday when they drove to Nipsey's clothing store near the Crenshaw District of L.A. She claims she was waiting for him in the alley when he went over to the clothing store. She also claims she didn't know why he was going there and he didn't say anything when he came back to the car. Play video content We are in no way vouching for the veracity of her version of Sunday's events ... it's just what she said on the phone. The woman told us she was going to call police to "clear my name." We contacted detectives on the case who said they have not yet received such a call.<doc-sep>There are growing questions about the woman who drove the getaway car that the suspect in the shooting of Nipsey Hussle used to flee the scene of the attack. Police say Eric Holder, 29, got into a dispute with Hussle on Sunday at the rapper’s shop on Slauson Avenue. Holder allegedly returned and opened fire. Hussle was fatally wounded, and two others were also shot. The gunman ran to a waiting car and got away. The woman who drove the getaway car turned herself in to authorities Monday and is continuing to cooperate with detectives. She has not been arrested, said Josh Rubenstein, LAPD’s director of communications. Advertisement According to two sources familiar with the investigation, the woman has insisted to detectives that she never knew Holder intended to harm Hussle and was aware of the shooting only in the aftermath. The role of the driver remains an issue of debate in the Hyde Park community where the shooting occurred. Community activist Najee Ali is calling for the immediate arrest of the driver. “Holder’s female accomplice waited two days to turn herself in to police. That was two days too many,” he said. Ali is also demanding more details from police. Authorities have not identified the woman, who turned herself in hours after police named Holder as the suspect and distributed his photo. Police had warned that anyone who was harboring Holder would face arrest as well. Some members of a gang with ties to both Hussle and Holder have distributed what they claim is the driver’s name and image on social media, according to multiple sources. Holder was an aspiring rapper who went by the moniker Fly Mac. His Instagram handle was “ima_god_in_da_streetz.” He sang of body bags, “38 gun blasts” and bloody homicides. He was convicted in 2012 of carrying a loaded firearm and was sentenced to 180 days in jail and three years of probation, court records show. Advertisement It’s unclear what the relationship was between Holder and the driver. What Holder told the driver while in the car could strengthen the prosecutors’ potential case. Holder was charged with one count of murder, two counts of attempted murder and one count of possession of a firearm by a felon, during a court appearance Thursday afternoon.<doc-sep>
David Crotty/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images While Nispey Hussle’s murder suspect Eric Holder remains in police custody, being held on $7 million bail, all eyes are on his getaway driver. An unnamed woman–who was driving the car Holder hopped into last Sunday after fatally shooting the beloved rapper and community activist–was the key to capturing Holder after a two-day manhunt. The Los Angeles Times reports that a woman who was allegedly Holder’s getaway driver turned herself in to police, and was later released without being arrested. According to sources, the woman insisted she was unaware that Holder shot Hussle when he got into the car Sunday. Loading the player... An autopsy of Hussle, born Ermias Asghedom, determined that he died of gunshot wounds to the head and torso. He was only 33. TMZ tracked down the auto shop, which serviced the getaway car last year–eventually leading them to make contact with an anonymous woman before Holder’s arrest on Tuesday. The woman said she was going to call the police to clear her name. Eric Holder, the suspected killer of Nipsey Hussle, has been arrested and is in police custody. Thank you to both our community for the heightened awareness/vigilance, and our partners at @LASDHQ. pic.twitter.com/0zujy89Yfm— LAPD HQ (@LAPDHQ) April 2, 2019 “The woman then said she subsequently began a friendship with Holder and she was with him Sunday when they drove to Nipsey’s clothing store near the Crenshaw District of L.A.” TMZ reported. “She claims she was waiting for him in the alley when he went over to the clothing store. She also claims she didn’t know why he was going there and he didn’t say anything when he came back to the car.” So far, the unnamed alleged driver has not been charged.