Ater he was shot, Andrew “Drew” Rainer, 22, fought to wrest the gun away from the shooter, police said
- At 5:40 a.m. on Oct. 3, 2021, four men kicked in the door of a home in Memphis, Tenn. where Andrew Rainer and other students lived, say police
- The home invaders demanded their electronic devices
- Rainer was shot when he failed to type in the passcode to his iPad, say police
A Tennessee man has learned his fate after admitting to the murder of a 22-year-old college student who refused to hand over his iPad passcode in a terrifying home invasion.
On Monday, April 7, Rainess Holmes, 40, was sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in connection with the 2021 shooting death of Andrew Rainer in Memphis, the Shelby County District Attorney said in a statement.
Holmes also pleaded guilty in three separate aggravated burglary cases, and was sentenced to three years in prison on each of those counts, to run concurrently…