From the office of District Attorney General Jody S. Pickens –
On June 3, 2019, the Madison County, Tennessee Grand Jury indicted twenty-five-year-old Elijah Muhammad Garrison, a.k.a. “Evil,” of Jackson, Tennessee, for First Degree Murder and for being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm.
The indictment was the result of an investigation by the Jackson Police Department, led by Sergeant Nick Donald of the Major Crimes Unit.
The proof presented at trial indicated that on January 5, 2019, Elijah Garrison shot D’Andre Holmes, age twenty-four-years, from a Crown Victoria as it drove past Holmes who was standing on the corner of a sidewalk in the Magnolia Landing Court Apartments.
The Defendant then got out of the vehicle, stood over the victim who was lying on the ground, and shot him a total of eleven times ultimately causing his death. The victim’s last words as Garrison stood over him were “Please stop, I’m dying.” Elijah Garrison was a convicted felon for Aggravated Burglary in 2013 at the time he committed the murder and was identified as a member of the Crips street gang.
On May 20, 2021, a jury convicted the defendant after a three-day trial in Madison County, Tennessee Circuit Court, Division I. His sentencing is set for July 12, 2021, when he will face life in prison for First Degree Murder and eight to twelve years in prison for the Felon in Possession of a Firearm conviction. Assistant District Attorney General Bradley F. Champine prosecuted the case at trial.
“These cases are not easy. I appreciate the hard work of the Jackson Police Department as well as the jury in this case,” said District Attorney General Jody S. Pickens. “The defendant robbed a young man of his life and robbed a mother of her son. The killing in this case was particularly merciless in the way Garrison stood over his victim and shot him multiple times as he begged for his life.
“Though nothing can bring their son back, we hope that the jury’s verdict helps bring the family of D’Andre Holmes some measure of peace knowing that the defendant will not likely breath air as a free man again.”
(PHOTO: District Attorney General Jody S. Pickens)
