CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) – The murder trial of Andre Grier continued Saturday, October 25, inside the Hamilton County Courthouse as prosecutors worked to connect the accused killer to the 2016 murder of Bianca Horton.

Grier, who prosecutors say went by the street name Hollywood, is charged with first-degree murder.

He’s accused of killing Horton before she could testify against Cortez Sims, a member of the Athens Park Bloods gang.

Sims was convicted of a 2015 home invasion that left Talitha Bowman dead and paralyzed Horton’s one-year-old daughter, Zoey.

Prosecutors allege Grier carried out Horton’s murder to silence her before she could take the stand.

They also link him to co-defendants Charles Shelton, who later died in jail from COVID-19, and Courtney High, who pleaded guilty to t

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