On Thursday, January 1st, 1987, Robert J. Holland was at the Do Drop In Bar located at 911 Main Street when a man entered the bar and told Holland there was someone outside that wanted to see him. Holland went outside and a short while later stumbled back into the bar after receiving a gunshot wound to the head. He was taken to the hospital and then placed in a long-term care facility where he remained in a coma until his death on September 21st, 2004. The medical examiner confirmed that his death was a direct result of his gunshot wounds. Robert J. Holland was 33 years old when he was shot and was 51 years old when he died.
If you have any information regarding the murder of Robert J. Holland, please contact the Cold Case Homicide Unit at MNPDColdCase@nashville.gov
You can also call the Nashville Police Department’s Crime Stoppers Division anonymously at 615-742-7463
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