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<p><strong>Johntae Collier<&sol;strong> and<strong> Eric Dodds<&sol;strong>&comma; an influencer couple also known by their hundreds of thousands of social media followers as &commat;eandjgang&comma; are now under investigation for murder&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Police began looking into the two TikTok stars&comma; both 23 years old after a series of eyewitness accounts connected them to the shooting of 28-year-old Dakota Bradshaw&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Dodds posted a video online to their 800&comma;000-plus followers claiming Collier&comma; who was arrested first&comma; was innocent and doing okay&period; However&comma; Dodds himself was arrested only days later&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Despite witnesses connecting their vehicles to the crime scene&comma; both Collier and Dodds maintain their innocence&period; Could this all be a misunderstanding&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Or is there more to this story than meets the eye&quest; The Shade Room investigates…<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube data-videoid&equals;"C2kdSW80QuI" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"563" dock&equals;"&num;dock-slot"><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Fatal Shooting Shakes Up Small Georgia Town&comma; Witnesses Come Forward With Information<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>The shooting death of Bradshaw took place on August 1 in the little town of Rossville&comma; Georgia&comma; right on the Tennessee border&comma; with a population of only 4&comma;000&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Walker County Sheriff Steve Wilson said he received a 911 call about shots fired at a residence&comma; where authorities discovered Bradshaw clinging to life from gunshot wounds&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He was rushed to the hospital&comma; where he later died&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Georgia Bureau of Investigations later secured a murder warrant after Wilson says witnesses started sharing their account of what happened&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>That led to the first arrest of Johntae Collier on August 8&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;So for the past couple days&comma; I&&num;8217&semi;ve been seeing in the media a lot of things being said about John&comma; ya&&num;8217&semi;ll are concerned about John&comma; &lpar;asking&rpar; is he okay&quest; Has he done anything to someone&quest; The answer is no&comma; he has not done anything to no one&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Eric Dodds said in his final video posted to TikTok on August 16&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Suspects Are Boyfriends&comma; Social Media Influencers With Nearly A Million TikTok Followers<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Collier and Dodds were boyfriends and influencers who shared over 800&comma;000 followers on the popular social media app at the time of their arrest&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;97913" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-97913" style&equals;"width&colon; 1556px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"wp-image-97913 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;09&sol;Screen-Shot-2022-09-07-at-9&period;54&period;41-AM-e1662559406474&period;png" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1556" height&equals;"760" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-97913" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Pictured&colon; Eric Dodds&comma; 23&comma; left and Johntae Collier&comma; 23&comma; right &lpar;Courtesy of Walker County Sheriff&&num;8217&semi;s Office&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;Ya&&num;8217&semi;ll know John&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Eric could be heard saying in his last video on TikTok before his own arrest&period; &&num;8220&semi;He&&num;8217&semi;s the most free-spirited&comma; caring person that I know&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Just one day after Dodds&&num;8217&semi; last TikTok post&comma; he was arrested himself in connection to the murder&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;Early on we began working with witnesses and people who lived in the community&comma; and we were able to develop leads that within about 8 to 12 hours put us on a track that ultimately led us to &lpar;those&rpar; two individuals&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Walker County Sheriff Steve Wilson said&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Multiple witnesses reported seeing two individuals who bared resemblance to Collier and Dodds&comma; who police then started a manhunt to find&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Suspects&&num;8217&semi; Two Vehicles Reportedly Used In Connection To The Crime<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Their two vehicles&comma; a Dodge Ram and Dodge Challenger which had often been prominently featured in their TikTok videos&comma; were also reportedly used in connection to the crime&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Bradshaw was allegedly standing by a window inside of a home when he was fatally shot&period; The suspects&comma; according to police&comma; were parked in the driveway before they fled in a red pickup truck resembling the couple&&num;8217&semi;s red Dodge Ram&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;97914" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-97914" style&equals;"width&colon; 1066px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-97914" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;09&sol;Screen-Shot-2022-09-07-at-10&period;04&period;35-AM&period;png" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1066" height&equals;"766" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-97914" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Pictured&colon; Victim Dakota Bradshaw &lpar;Courtesy of Facebook&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Police instigated a search warrant over 100 miles away in Huntsville&comma; Alabama&comma; where Collier was arrested&period; He has since waived extradition and is back in Walker County&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Police said they don&&num;8217&semi;t know why the couple drove so far away to allegedly commit the crime&comma; and have not yet revealed a motive&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In Dodds final TikTok video before his arrest&comma; he told fans and followers that the pair would be back together making videos in no time&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Family Of Victim Express Grief On Social Media&comma; Demand Justice For Dakota Bradshaw<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Meanwhile&comma; the family of Dakota Bradshaw took to Facebook to express their grief in the wake of his death&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;Well&comma; I lay my baby down to rest yesterday&comma;&&num;8221&semi; wrote Bradshaw&&num;8217&semi;s mother&comma; Tracy Bankston&period; &&num;8220&semi;This is a pain that no mother should ever have to go through&period; Dakota&comma; I am not sure why this happened to you son&comma; but baby boy I promise you there is no stopping your mom til every one of these people that are involved in this pay for what they&&num;8217&semi;ve done to you&period; You know I love you baby&comma; with all my heart&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Authorities said while they&&num;8217&semi;re still unsure of who exactly pulled the trigger&comma; they are very much aware of the couple&&num;8217&semi;s online presence&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Sheriff Wilson went on to say that the investigation is still very much ongoing&period; He asked anyone else with information regarding the crime to come forward&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>TSR Investigates explores cold cases and special interest news stories underrepresented in mainstream media&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine; 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