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Shanida Holland Indicted for September 2020 Murder at Fort Stanley Way

Shanida Nico Holland, 43 of Knoxville, Tennessee, has been indicted for first degree murder in the shooting death of Shabaaka Awolowo on September 17, 2020.

At around 8:57 p.m. on September 17, 2020, KPD officers responded to the Southside Flats Apartments at 2727 Fort Stanley Way, where Awolowo, age 39, was found inside of an apartment deceased from a gunshot wound. Through further investigation by the KPD Violent Crimes Unit, Holland was identified as the suspect. Holland was indicted by a Knox County Grand Jury for first degree murder as well as tampering with evidence and false reporting. She was booked into the Roger D. Wilson Detention Facility on those charges on August 30. Holland's bond was set at $500,000.

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Posted by serland On 01 September, 2021 at 8:37 AM