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Posted by: Azya Thornton on Apr 14, 2025

Rainess Holmes pleaded guilty to three counts of aggravated burglary and one count of second-degree murder in the 2021 death of Andrew “Drew” Rainer, a Rhodes College student. The Daily Memphian reports that Holmes was sentenced to 20 years in prison and received credit for the three and a half years he has already served. He will be required to serve 100% of the remaining sentence. Prosecutors said Holmes and several others broke into an off-campus home in October 2021 where Rainer, other students and a guest were staying. Rainer was shot in the chest during the break-in and pronounced dead at the scene. According to a statement from the Shelby County District Attorney’s Office, Holmes was one of four men who entered the home but was not the shooter.