An investigation by special agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, the Harriman Police Department, and the 9th Judicial District Attorney’s Office has resulted in the arrest of a teenager in connection to a homicide in Roane County.
On Saturday (8/30/2025), TBI agents began investigating the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Holden Howse at a business in the 700 block of Roane Street in Harriman. Agents learned that a 17-year-old male from Lenoir City shot and killed Howse after pistol whipping another teenager.
Saturday afternoon, the juvenile was taken into custody and charged with one count of 2nd Degree Murder, one count of Aggravated Assault, and one count of Destruction of Evidence. He is being held in the Knox County Juvenile Detention Facility.