Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Knoxville Police identify the victim in last Friday’s deadly shooting in East Knoxville.
Officers were called to the scene of two people shouting at one another on Harrison Street just south of Magnolia Avenue around 5:30 a.m., where they found 35-year-old Shaquille Boyd who had been shot at least one time; he was pronounced dead at the scene.
An investigation into the incident remains ongoing.
Anyone with information is being asked to call East Tennessee Valley Crime Stoppers at 865-215-7165.
The shooting is under investigation, and the department is asking people for information that could help. (Courtesy: KPD)
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) UPDATE: An investigation is underway, and Knoxville Police have identified the victim of a fatal weekend crash on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue.
Officers responded to a two-car crash on MLK Jr. Avenue at Parkview Avenue Saturday afternoon. They say a car going east on MLK Jr. Avenue veered across the center line for unknown reasons and collided head-on with a westbound vehicle. The driver of the eastbound vehicle, 38-year-old Kara Weeks of Lenoir City, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the vehicle that was struck head-on was transported to an area hospital for treatment for non-life-threatening injuries.
ORIGINAL STORY: The Knoxville Police Department is investigating a fatal crash that happened on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue Saturday afternoon.
At around 2 p.m. on Saturday, November 9, 2024, KPD officers responded to a two-car crash on MLK Jr. Avenue at Parkview Avenue.
The investigation revealed that a car traveling eastbound on MLK Jr. Avenue veered across the center line for unknown reasons and collided head-on with a westbound vehicle. The driver of the eastbound vehicle, a 38-year-old woman, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the vehicle that was struck head-on was transported to an area hospital for treatment for non-life-threatening injuries.
The crash temporarily closed MLK Jr. Avenue in both directions.
KPD crash reconstruction personnel responded to the scene and are leading the investigation. That investigation remains ongoing.
A man was critically wounded in a shooting that happened on Sunday afternoon on Woodbine Avenue.
At around 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, November 10, 2024, Knoxville Police Department officers were notified that a man who had been shot multiple times arrived at the Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center via a personal vehicle. The victim was transferred to the UT Medical Center for further treatment and is currently in critical condition.
Detectives learned that the victim was shot in the 3000 block of Woodbine Avenue, drove away, and parked his car in a parking lot in the area of Baxter Avenue and Marion Street. The victim was then picked up and transported to Fort Sanders Medical Center.
The suspect vehicle is possibly a black full-size SUV that was seen leaving the area following the shooting.
The motive for the shooting is unclear at this time.
The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information that could assist is asked to contact East Tennessee Valley Crime Stoppers at 865-215-7165. Tipsters can remain anonymous.
Nearly nine months since Sebastian Rogers was last seen in Hendersonville, his father Seth says he has never given up looking for him and there is still an active Amber Alert from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation for him.
Sebastian was last seen at his mother’s home in Hendersonville on February 26th of this year.
His father says he refuses to let his son be discarded like trash and he’s frustrated and hurt, but says that doesn’t matter, because he doesn’t know what his son is going through.
The FBI is offering a reward of up to $50,000 for information leading to the whereabouts of Sebastian Rogers.
If you have any information, you are asked to call 1-800-TBI-FIND.
A homeless man is charged with a fire at a Blount County RV Park.
Officials with the Blount County Sheriff’s Office filed charges against 62-year-old Mark Bush for started Thursday night’s fire at the Whispering River Campground in Walland.
He is charged with felony vandalism and felony arson in connection to the campground fire in Blount County while Maryville officials are charging him with setting fire to personal property / land in a separate fire.
Additional charges are pending.
Bush is being held on a $120,000 bond. A hearing is set for 9 a.m. tomorrow (Tuesday).
he Tennessee Highway Patrol is investigating after a motorcyclist is killed in an accident in Union County.
THP says an SUV was stopped in the northbound lane of Maynardville Highway waiting to turn left onto Old Highway 33 Saturday afternoon when the motorcycle, driven by 64-year-old Steven Miracle, tried to swerve to the left side of the SUV while it was stopped but ran into the left rear of the car.
The motorcycle then slid on its side and hit the guardrail on the right side of the road before coming to rest on the southbound side of Maynardville Highway.
Miracle died in the crash, neither the driver nor a passenger in the SUV were injured.
Knoxville’s 99th Veterans Day Parade will march down Gay Street on Monday, Nov. 11, 2024, beginning at 10:45 a.m. The annual parade is organized by the American Legion Post 2 with support from the City of Knoxville Office of Special Events. The event will be held rain or shine.
Parade-related closures begin at 8 a.m. with the following roads:
• E. Hill Avenue between Hall of Fame Drive and Gay Street • Main Street between Walnut and Gay streets • Gay Street between Main Street and E. Hill Avenue
These streets will close at 9 a.m.:
• Market Street between Union and Clinch avenues • Union Ave between Walnut and Gay streets
Gay Street between Main Street and E. Fifth Avenue will close at 10:15 a.m.
All roads will reopen by 12:30 p.m.
On-street parking on Gay Street will be unavailable starting at 7 a.m., as will on-street parking on Market Street, Union and Wall avenues.
Parade attendees are encouraged to arrive early. Parking in City-owned garages and metered parking not in the parade zone will be free on Monday in honor of Veterans Day.
Henley Bridge decorative lights will be red, white and blue overnight on Nov. 11.
For additional information about the City’s Office of Special Events, which assists festival planners with road closures and other services, visit KnoxvilleTN.gov/Events.
