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Thomas Holder

Case from Chattanooga, TN dated Jun 20, 2017

Victim Details

Thomas Holder

Male

Black / African American

Chattanooga

TN

2017-06-20

20

Thomas

Holder

06/30/2026

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Thomas Holder was a 20-year-old Black man from Chattanooga, Tennessee, whose life ended in the quiet hours leading into June 20, 2017. By mid-morning, police were called to Highland Memorial Gardens Cemetery in the North Brainerd area, where Holder and another teenager were found dead from apparent gunshot wounds among the cemetery grounds. Investigators quickly treated what happened there as more than a random act, describing the killings as a gang-motivated double homicide even as early detail ...
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  • UPDATE: 2 found dead in Chattanooga Cemetery identified
  • UPDATE: Police consider double homicide to be gang-related
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