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Jan 28 2012
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View 2012 Shootings in Knox County, TN in a larger map
Shooting based on local media reports.
Update as of February 21, 2012
Based on local media reports found, there have been:
12 shootings in Knox County
10 in city (83.3%)
2 in county (16.7%)
1 shootings resulting in 1 deaths (0 deaths from police action)
0 shootings Center City (UT area) (0 deaths)
0 shootings West (0 deaths)
0 shootings South (0 deaths)
7 shootings North (1 deaths)
5 shootings East (0 deaths)
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- Wednesday briefing (Josh Flory)
- The Daily Plan-It: Wednesday, Feb. 22 (Metro Pulse)
- Campfield: McKenzie after a free meal (Mike Donila)
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- The Daily Plan-It: Tuesday, Feb. 21 (Metro Pulse)
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- Nissan dealership sold (Josh Flory)
- Pine Ridge House Concerts Announces Sixth Season: Webb Wilder, Randall Bramblett, More (Metro Pulse)
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- Man found dead in E. Knoxville alley (KNS News)
- Knox County woman charged with TennCare fraud (KNS News)
- Cocke County shooting results in public drunk arrest (KNS News)
- Hooded robber strikes West Knox bank (KNS News)
- $10,000 reward offered in Knoxville man's November killing (KNS News)
- Time names Dollywood to 'weirdest theme park' list (KNS Business)
- Tengasco sets record oil production in 2011 (KNS Business)
- Sales, profits grow at Chattanooga-based Astec Industries (KNS Business)
- Rarity amenities in question at trial (KNS Business)
- Analysts expect E.W. Scripps to report 4Q profit, revenue decline (KNS Business)
Local TV News
- Man's body found in East Knoxville (WATE)
- Investigators say Athens winery fire is possible arson (WATE)
- Mistrial for Knoxville man charged with dragging dog behind truck (WATE)
- Knoxville brewing company in name dispute with New Mexico company (WATE)
- Man dies in crash in Norris (WATE)
- Hung jury in dog-dragging case (WBIR)
- McGhee Tyson Airport considering international flights (WBIR)
- Cocke Co. NJROTC prgram earns top honors (WBIR)
- Developing: Man found dead behind E.Knoxville home (WBIR)
- Amber Alert issued for two Van Buren Co. children (WBIR)
- Vote for one county-wide tax increase in two weeks (WVLT)
- State bill to ensure funds to help foster children transition into adulthood (WVLT)
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- Bound by blood (Commercial Appeal)
- Time Magazine names Dollywood one of the top 10 'weirdest theme parks' in the world (Times Free Press)
- "Million Dollar Quartet" filled almost every seat during Orpheum run (Commercial Appeal)
- Arkansas woman arrested in Memphis accused of defrauding late country music celebrity (Commercial Appeal)
- Gov. Bill Haslam expects narrower version of guns-in-parking lots bill will pass (Times Free Press)
- Missouri, Tennessee ranked top states for meth lab busts in 2011 (Commercial Appeal)
- Stepmom, grandmother charged in girl's death in Alabama (Times Free Press)
- Mid-American Conference commissioner says Temple, Big East talking (Commercial Appeal)
- Hamilton County grand jury indicts woman in teen’s stabbing death (Times Free Press)
- Clay, Masengil named TSSAA Miss Basketball finalists (Times Free Press)
- Police: Driver smelled of alcohol, thought she was in a taxi after fatal crash (Tennessean)
- Mitt Romney campaign email, super PAC ad share uncanny similarities (Tennessean)
Wire Reports
- Poll: Obama benefitting from improving economy (AP) (Yahoo Politics)
- Romney and Santorum seek edge in 20th debate (AP) (Yahoo Politics)
- G20 hopes for progress on EU debt crisis: Carstens (Reuters) (Yahoo Business)
- Santorum mocks Romney ahead of Arizona GOP debate (AP) (Yahoo Politics)
- Judge strikes down law mandating sale of contraception (Reuters) (Yahoo News)
- Virginia lawmakers OK revised requirement for abortions (Reuters) (Yahoo News)
- Burned before, Fed officials cautious on rebound (Reuters) (Yahoo Business)
- Banks sink on European economic worry (Reuters) (Yahoo Business)
- A Champion in Purgatory: Muhammad Ali Returns to Vegas (Time.com) (Yahoo News)
- Is It Time to Start Worrying About Inflation Again? (Time.com) (Yahoo News)
- Home resales at 1-1/2 year-high, supply falls (Reuters) (Yahoo Business)
- U.S. judge orders Moroccan held for Capitol plot (Reuters) (Yahoo News)
- Newark mayor: NYPD misled city on Muslim spying (AP) (Yahoo Politics)
- Roemer leaving GOP, but not presidential campaign (AP) (Yahoo Politics)
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Homeowner shoots intruder
January 13th home invasion gone bad. A suspect breaks into a home in rural East Knox County. The homeowner subsequently shoots the suspect in the backside with a shotgun.
Man shoots alleged girlfriend
In Lonsdale, a woman was shot by her reported boyfriend after a fight brokeout.
A vendor shot himself in the
A vendor shot himself in the hand today at a gun show in Chilhowee Park. He was showing his handgun to a friend and he removed the magazine but failed to check for a round in the chamber, the classic mistake every handgun owner avoids.
Well, the brighter ones anyway.
Ridiculous. It was my
Ridiculous. It was my understanding there are to be no loaded guns at a gun show. I wonder if it's allowed to have your personal gun loaded at a gun show?
The rule is no loaded guns at
The rule is no loaded guns at all, but it is the organizer's rule-not law. I'm sure it is heavily violated. But being in a city park might also make it a violation of law, too. They always have police officers at the door checking guns brought in to sell, but they are not checking concealed weapons or all the transactions occurring outside. I always assumed these officers were off-duty, being paid by the organizer.
Shooting in North Knoxville
In North Knoxville near the intersection of Bluff Street and Folsom Avenue (behind Broadway Shopping Center), it is being reported someone was shot in the leg.
Young man dead from gunshot in North Knox County
A young man in his mid-20s was reported dead from a gunshot wound to the head at 6568 McFall Road in the North Knox County Halls community.
Another North Knoxville shooting
A man was shot in the leg at his residence (833 Atlantic Ave.) after being beaten. It's being reported the shooting suspects were after money.
Fourth shooting in North Knoxville in two weeks
Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012, a drive-by shooting occurred in Mechanicsville at the corner of Moses Ave. and Wallace St. The young male victim's injuries are reported to be serious.
Man shot in East Knoxville
Friday, Feb. 10, a man was shot in the back "around 11:30 p.m. on the 2500 block of Martin Luther King Junior Avenue when he was leaving a party."
Shooting in East Knoxville
A man was shot in the arm Monday, Feb. 13, 2012. KPD was called to his home in East Knoxville, 313 South Olive Street in Walter P Taylor Homes, around 8:45PM.
Fight escalates into guns fired
Early Thursday morning, February 16, 2012, KPD says a group of around seven women got into some kind of argument and it escalated. Several shots were fired, shattering some car windows and one woman was grazed in the head by a bullet.
The incident occurred at the Green Hills Apartments, 1900 Natchez Ave. in East Knoxville, just off of Riverside Drive.
Fight over vehicle results in shooting
Tuesday, Feb. 21, a person was shot multiple times at 2309 Highland Dr. in Fountain City, North Knoxville, after an argument over a vehicle.
A second shooting in North Knoxville, Feb. 21
Tuesday, Feb. 21, just after 8 PM, a person was found shot at the 4300 block of Hayes Road in North Knoxville.