Adram Young
Robert Thompson
Briston SmithA man accused of killing 19-year-old Charles Holsey during a drug deal gone wrong on Chattanooga’s North Shore in March turned 18 years old Monday and was moved from juvenile lockup to the Hamilton County Jail.
Adram Young, 18, is charged with first-degree murder, especially aggravated burglary, criminal conspiracy and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.
Two other men, Robert Thompson and Briston Smith, both 18, were previously charged with felony murder in the case.
Holsey’s father, Charles Holsey Jr., said his son loved to lift weights, travel, watch movies and play football. Holsey was a sophomore in college when he died and was in the process of transferring from Berry College in Georgia to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. He was studying chemistry.
“He wasn’t some thug on the street,” Holsey Jr. said about his son. “He was a very educated young man and very bright. He had no criminal record, he never got into trouble.”