Seventeen-year-old Riley Pawlick has been indicted for second degree murder in the August 2025 shooting death of 19-year-old Holden Howse during a party at the Mr. Clean car detail shop in Harriman. A judge has ruled he will be tried as an adult.
According to DAG Russell Johnson, Pawlick had previously made a $100,000 bond and was required to wear a GPS monitored ankle bracelet and was under a 9pm curfew. However, Saturday (June 13, 206) around 10:30pm, Pawlick was pulled over by a THP Trooper for speeding in Knox County. He allegedly fled at a high rate of speed. The Trooper pursued and discovered a vehicle that Pawlick struck. He was later apprehended at an apartment and charged with Felony reckless endangerment, felony evading and numerous other violations.
District Attorney General Russell Johnson’s office filed a motion to revoke Pawlick’s bond on the original murder charge, based upon Pawlick’s Knox County charges. As a result of that motion, Judge Wicks signed off on a capias for Pawlick’s arrest.