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Hometown Hero

TV-14 | Someone they Knew with Tamron Hall | Season 1 | 2026

High school football coach Ed Thomas was a legend in Parkersburg, Iowa. He had mentored multiple players into the NFL, and kids even had a poster of him on their walls. So when he was gunned down during an early morning workout, the entire town was shocked. No one was prepared for who did it, and why.

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