Hearing scheduled for slaying suspect

A man who allegedly confessed to gunning down a Shelbyville man last month is scheduled to appear for a preliminary hearing in December.

Brandon Jamar "BG" Holmes, 21, of Shelbyville had his case continued in General Sessions Court Tuesday and will have a preliminary hearing on Dec. 17, when he will learn if he is to be bound over to the Bedford County grand jury, which meets Dec. 21.

Holmes is charged with first degree murder in the Oct. 22 slaying of 23-year-old Gary LeTron Cordelle "Tron" Thomison of Shelbyville. He is represented by attorney Robert Marlow.

According to assistant district attorney Richard Cawley, prosecutors hope to move the case through the court system quickly.

Holmes did not appear in court on Tuesday.

Detective Sgt. Brian Crews of the Shelbyville Police Department said last month that Holmes confessed to shooting Thomison and surrendered in Chattanooga after seeing himself on the news.

Holmes had apparently only been in Shelbyville for three weeks before he allegedly shot and killed Thomison.

According to police, Thomison was shot to death Oct. 22 at Oak Hill Village Apartments, Burt Street, during a heated argument.

Thomison allegedly pushed a woman in Holmes' vehicle, according to investigators, and Holmes allegedly fired five shots into Thomison's torso with a .45-caliber gun, fled and left his SUV in a parking lot on Madison Street.

"He left the car there and went to a motel where he checked in for less than an hour until someone came from Murfreesboro to pick him up," Crews said.

Another man was held for several days but not charged with murder.

George "G" Simpson, 24, of Murfreesboro, is charged with unlawful possession of a weapon. Simpson was present when the shooting occurred, Crews said, but did not fire a weapon.

Crews explained that a .45-caliber gun found in a Murfreesboro apartment where Simpson was arrested in late October was not the murder weapon and was not Simpson's.