Knoxville, TN (WOKI) An investigation is underway by The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation following an officer-involved shooting Tuesday afternoon in North Knoxville.
Officials with the Knoxville Police Department say the incident happened in the 2600 block of Fairview Street just before 2:00 p.m.
They say officers responded to the area after hearing about a man armed with an axe. Officers encountered the man, and at some time during that encounter, he was shot at least one time.
The man was taken to an area hospital; his condition is not known at this time.
This is a developing story.
Man armed with axe hospitalized after Knoxville officer shoots him, KPD says. (Courtesy: KPD)
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The Knoxville Police Department is investigating after a man said he was robbed and shot in the leg at an AirBnB in northeast Knoxville.
KPD officials say officers responded to the AirBnB in the 1700 block of 8th Avenue around 2:40 Tuesday morning. While there, they spoke with the victim, a 44-year-old man, who reportedly told the officers that he had been with a woman and after falling asleep, he woke up to two masked and armed people who robbed him of his cash and shot him.
The suspects were described to police as two younger males; both reportedly fled from the scene.
At this time, the investigation is ongoing.
According to KPD Communications Manager Scott Erland, officers responded to the AirBnB around 2:40 a.m. Tuesday. (Courtesy: KPD)
Governor Bill Lee and Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti will be investigating if Tennesseans were discriminated against during relief work by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
WVLT reporting this investigation comes after FEMA said one of its employees advised her disaster relief team to avoid homes with signs supporting President-elect Donald Trump in Florida after Hurricane Milton.
A FEMA spokesperson said the agency is “deeply disturbed by this employee’s actions,” and the incident is under investigation. The employee has been removed from her role.
Lee says FEMA exists to serve all Americans, and these actions have eroded the people’s trust by failing to deliver desperately needed relief to all survivors.
A Cocke County Swiftwater Rescue Team and the North Carolina State Highway Patrol respond to a crash that happened after the driver of a vehicle drives around road closed barriers and plunges down an embankment on a Helene-damaged stretch of I-40 in western North Carolina.
The Junaluska Fire Department said the crash happened around 8 p.m. Saturday on I-40 East near Dry Gap Ridge in Haywood County. Firefighters say the SUV drove around a blockade and crashed down the rocky embankment before coming to a rest on the passenger side of the vehicle, right on the bank of the Pigeon River. The crash was just miles from the Tennessee state line.
Emergency crews utilized a rope rescue to repel down the embankment and free the driver from the vehicle. Officials said the SUV ended up an estimated 100 feet from the roadway.
The driver was airlifted to the hospital but their condition has not been released. Officials say the driver is “very fortunate to be alive.”
The train has major damage following today’s (Monday) crash which happened when the tractor-trailer tried to turn left over the tracks near Snapps Ferry Road and Coile Street.
The tractor-trailer driver did not yield to the train causing the crash. The truck’s trailer was damaged, but the vehicle itself was not.
The train engine’s conductor reported wrist pain to police. The truck driver was not injured.
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The United Way of Greater Knoxville Monday announced that its board of directors has accepted CEO Matt Ryerson’s resignation.
Ryerson was hired in December 2019 and served as CEO of the UWGK for five years.
“Matt served as a bridge, following Ben Landers’ 26 years of leadership in the CEO position, to where we are today. And now, we’re ready to move forward with the next chapter of this great organization with intention, innovation and dedication,” UWGK Board Chair Clarence Vaughn III said.
The organization says UWGK Chief Impact Officer Chrystal Armstrong Brown will serve as interim CEO as of November 11.
“Chrystal is a proven leader with a passion for community, vision for transformational innovation and commitment to measurable and meaningful impact,” Vaughn said. “The board is thrilled to have her step into the Interim CEO position to provide stability and servant leadership throughout this transition.”
Armstong Brown has served as Chief Impact Officer since April 2023. Previously, she served as vice president of program development for Emerald Youth Foundation for nearly five years, and before that, she was the director of education for United Way of Southwest Virginia.
The UWGK board of directors is working on next steps to identify and appoint the organization’s next CEO.
Chrystal Armstrong Brown (Courtesy: United Way of Greater Knoxville)
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.
