Crime Solvers Central
Crime Solvers Central
307 Cases Solved. Advancing justice for missing persons, unsolved homicides, unidentified and unclaimed remains.

Forum Posts for Chris Wingard:
Be respectful. Abuse of these forums will not be tolerated.

On the evening of April 8, 2020, a domestic dispute in Cleveland, Tennessee, ended when 38-year-old Chris Wingard was shot multiple times in the chest on Clemmer Street NE and later died of his injuries. The other man involved, 29-year-old Matthew David Thomas, fled the scene but was caught after crashing on the exit 25 ramp of Interstate 75 while officers were responding.

Thomas was taken into custody and initially charged with first-degree murder. The case did not go to trial on that charge; he pleaded guilty to a reduced count of second-degree murder and received a 15-year prison sentence. Wingard’s family publicly expressed anguish and dissatisfaction with the plea, saying they believed the evidence supported a harsher penalty such as life.

What information do readers have about Wingard’s last hours on Clemmer Street NE or witnesses to the dispute?