Witnesses Say UTC Student Was Shot And Killed Last March 19 After He Lunged Toward Gunman Carrying Out A Robbery Tuesday, February 9, 2021
Jakob Demoss
Police said a 20-year-old UTC student who was shot and killed on March 19, 2020, died after there was a robbery at gunpoint and he resisted turning over any items to the robbers.
Jakob Demoss, 20, and Israel Ackerman, 21. are charged in the killing and robbery of Tanner Holman.
Officers who went to the scene on MLK Boulevard said they found the student with a gunshot wound to his neck, and he was pronounced dead on the scene.
Police said witnesses told them a black male wearing a white hoodie came into the living room and pointed a gun at everyone inside. A second suspect was also said to run past the entrance of the living room into the kitchen. The witnesses said the first suspect shouted, “Give me all your phones, give me all your (expletive).”
Demoss, Ackerman Charged In Murder, Robbery Of UTC Student Tanner Holman Saturday, February 6, 2021
In the incident, Chattanooga Police responded at 12:42 a.m. to a report of a person shot in the 800 block of East Martin Luther King Boulevard.
The UTC student was dead at the scene.
Demoss was taken into custody in Cleveland, Tn., through the collaborative efforts of the Cleveland Police Department, the Chattanooga Police Department Homicide Unit, the Chattanooga Police Department Fugitive Unit and the U.S. Marshals.
Ackerman was taken into custody in Lake County, Fla., through the collaborative efforts of the Lake County Sheriff s Department and the Mount Dora Police Department. He will be extradited back to Chattanooga.