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Three charged with murder in East Ridge shooting death

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East Ridge Police have charged three people with murder in the February death of 21-year-old Reginald Ballard.

Ballard was found shot to death in the Cascades Motel at 3625 Ringgold Road on Feb. 20. Now two men and a woman from Dayton, Tenn., and Pikeville, Tenn., have been charged.

Kyhree Thompson, 20, Tabitha Garrison, 22, and Verronta Page, 19, are each charged with murder, possession of a firearm during a felony and tampering with evidence.

Thompson and Garrison live at the same address in Dayton. Page lives in Pikeville.

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