Do you know who murdered Parran Holley?
In the spring of 1995, the life of a Washington, D.C. teenager was violently cut short in a brazen shooting that left a community searching for answers. On the evening of Monday, March 13, 16-year-old Parran Lamont Holley was seated in a black 1979 Cadillac Deville in the 2600 block of 3rd Street, NE. It was there that he and another occupant of the vehicle, Calvin Earl Bullock, were ambushed.
The attack was sudden and overwhelming. A van reportedly pulled in front of the Cadillac, and its back doors were thrown open. Gunfire erupted, with numerous shots fired into the car. Responding to the sound of multiple gunshots at approximately 10:30 p.m., D.C. police discovered a horrific scene. Both Holley and Bullock had sustained multiple gunshot wounds. A third person in the car was also shot but survived.
Parran Holley, a student at Langley Junior High School who lived in the 2000 block of Third Street NE, was rushed to D.C. General Hospital, but his injuries were too severe, and he was pronounced dead. Bullock was pronounced dead at the Washington Hospital Center. In the immediate aftermath, police had not identified any suspects or a motive for the brutal killings and made no arrests.
The investigation into the double homicide continued for years, with the Metropolitan Police Department actively seeking information from the public regarding the incident. Despite the passage of time, the case remained a painful open wound for the families of the victims, who were left to hope that justice would one day be served for the senseless act of violence that claimed the lives of two young men.
