Victim says he was buying drugs, gets shot.

A friend was visiting his friend. They were having a good time, then something went wrong and said friend shoots his friend.

Shooting near the corner of Elmwood Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue. Few details.

Man and woman argue at location off of Martin Mill Pike in South Knoxville, gun shots ensue.

Victim found in the 1200 block of W. Scott Avenue.

Witnesses say the victim was fighting with the person who shot him, but they aren't sure what it was about. They say the suspect came up to the victim in the parking lot, flashed a handgun, and then fired multiple times.

The shooting was at an apartment complex in the city limits just 500 feet from Gresham Middle School and less than a quarter mile from Fountain City Lake/Park.

located in the city off of Alcoa Hwy.

An employee then fired a shot in the air outside of the business.

The employee is lucky the bullet did not come back down and hurt someone.

in stomach?

A North Knoxville man attempts to clean his .45 caliber handgun after returning from the shooting range when, according to the KNS, it fired.

Man taken into custody. The shooting happened at an apartment complex at/near the Lonsdale community in the city on Dayton Street off of Western Avenue, next to a church.

Believed to be a robbery gone bad. The incident occurred on Washington Avenue in the city, just off of Cherry Street.

KPD Officer Andrew Olson was shot in the leg (through the police car door) during a chase to apprehend a man driving a stolen car. The suspect was later arrested. The shooting occurred in the city near the intersection of Washington Pike and Alice Bell Road.

A previous resident of a home on Hiawassee Avenue returns to pick up the rest of her belongings at 3 in the morning. Her friend ends up shooting the current resident.

Details are sketchy. Victim was shot in the head in his mobile home on Rifle Range Road. He is being treated for the head injury.

Police are still investigating the incident.

[KPD Sgt. Shawn] Neal said the projectile slammed through the student’s driver side window and embedded in the dashboard.

According to WVLT, "KPD does say that the car was shot at some point, but not on the interstate."

Two vehicles and a house were struck by bullets fired near the Boyd Street and University Avenue intersection in Mechanicsville. One passenger in a vehicle was injured by shattered glass.

In less than seven days, a second shooting is reported, with injuries, on Hiawassee Avenue in North Knoxville.

The 32 year old son of Tom and Sharon Johnson killed his parents at their home on Hall Road in South Knox County.

Exact location of shooting is unknown. The victim is uncooperative.

Shooting death at Merchant Road Kenjo Market, Saturday, April 2. Very, very sad.

Officers are reporting the shooting started at 2415 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. Two victims of the shooting were treated at UT Medical Center.

It is being reported that several men were arguing over a car and one man ended up being shot.

This is the third reported shooting at Magnolia Mart in the past thirteen months. There was reported a fourth shooting in the same block of Magnolia Avenue in October 2010.

It is being reported a woman was shot in the Texas Avenue area of Lonsdale. She then drove herself to the Krystal on Western Avenue for help.

A man was seriously injured by multiple gunshots "near the intersection of McConnell St. and Bethel Ave."

Update: the victim died.

A man is in the hospital with life-threatening injuries after being shot in the Austin Homes neighborhood on W. New Street.

Update, the victim died.

Knoxville Police are investigating a home robbery in South Knoxville, at West Young High Pike. A man at the residence was shot in the leg.

A 33 year old man was found in the 2400 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. early this morning with gunshot wounds to both legs.

Officers say Smith refused to provide information about the shooting and began cursing officers when they asked about possible suspects.

Early Saturday morning a 34-year old man was found in the 1900 block of Minnesota Ave., Lonsdale, with gunshot wounds to both legs.

Yesterday evening a man was shot leaving a store near the intersection of N. Peters Road and Town and County (near Nixon's Deli and Batteries Plus). The victim was shot multiple times. The suspect escaped in a vehicle "described as either a silver or blue 4-door car, possibly an Infinity."

As noted in a KNS comment, the victim (Harold Otis Williams also known as Harold August Williams) had been accused of attempted first-degree murder in the December 2007 shooting of Trian Brishey Booker, Oak Ridge, and was accused of threatening some teenagers in Oak Ridge in 2010.

The drive-by shooting occurred just after 6pm at the Southmont Apartments, 1415 E. Moody Ave. The apartments are across the street from the Rock City ballpark and a City of Knoxville fire station.

three or four suspects in a small silver four door vehicle opened fire as they drove past the apartment complex

A small silver (or blue) 4-door vehicle was reported at the shooting Monday evening in West Knoxville around the same time of day.

The shooting was reported on W. Sunset Rd. around 2:45AM, 6/24/2011. The victim "has been uncooperative and does not want anyone prosecuted for his injuries."

The victim of a shooting in West Knoxville on June 13 was also described as uncooperative and an East Knoxville victim of a shooting on June 2 did not want to cooperate. What's the deal?

The shooting at 7108 West Emory Road resulted in the death of a younger brother.

Three men attempt to a carjacking. The driver resists and is shot in the back, 400 block of James Avenue in Western Heights.

A woman was shot attempting to purchase drugs while with her daughter and her daughter's boyfriend somewhere near Oldham Avenue.

A shooting was reported in the City of Knoxville somewhere on Selma Avenue early this morning. A man was shot. No more details are available.

A man stops on I-275 North around 1:30, in the middle of the night, near the Woodland Avenue exit to confront someone following too closely. The man gets shot.

Road rage shooting? Is there more to the story?

Magnolia Mart, where multiple shootings have occurred, has been declared a a public nuisance and shutdown by Knoxville Police.

August 25th, in a parking lot of the Red Roof Inn on Cedar Bluff Road in the City of Knoxville, west of Cedar Bluff and south of I-40, three people allegedly mugged an off-duty Union County deputy. He fired at the suspects

We went a month without a reported shooting. Now, two minor shootings in two days. Maybe it's the dog days of summer, except that it was hotter in July and early August.

August 26th early morning shooting on Cumberland next to the Goal Post Tavern, new location of the former Old College Inn.

Police are looking for a dark Maroon Nissan Altima in connection to the investigation.

Three reported shootings in six days.

Tuesday, Aug. 30, it's being reported that shots were fired from one vehicle to another "near the intersection of Minnesota Avenue and Bragg Street."

The suspects' vehicle is described as possibly a black Nissan Altima or Buick.

Another dark colored Nissan Altima. Hmmm.

A person was shot around 11:15PM August 31st during a drive-by shooting at Woodlands West apartments on Cairn Circle between Walkers Springs Road and Bridgewater Road, north of I-40/75.

This shooting resulted in the Knoxville Police Dept. killing a man in the exchange of gunfire.

This shooting was at the Magnolia Cafe, which is across Magnolia Avenue from Magnolia Mart, which was closed earlier this month by the Knoxville Police Dept. as a public nuisance. There had been three shootings at the Magnolia Mart in the past 16 months and an additional shooting at an unidentified location in the 2400 block of Magnolia Avenue.

Be careful out there.

in just over 4 months.

This is the second shooting at the same address, 2415 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.

Two men with gunshot wounds arrived at hospital emergencey rooms early this morning. This shooting is very similar to the May 1, 2011 shooting, e.g. same location, early morning, two men.

One man was shot in the leg and four other people were arrested following a gunfight near an East Knoxville park Wednesday, authorities said.

A ceremony was recently held at this park to rename it Paul Hogue Park from Union Square Park.

A man visiting a 24 yr old woman at the home of another man in North West Knox County was shot by the 49 year old homeowner. The homeowner reports the woman was his girlfriend. He also says the visiting man "became aggressive and threatening" after being confronted by the homeowner. The homeowner "has a permit for the gun".

A young man was shot in the back while trying to buy cocaine reportedly in the Western Heights area. He couldn't really tell officials where he was at the time of the shooting.

Suspect wearing black hoody fired shots in the Copa Cabana parking lot from a moving vehicle around 3:15am this morning. Several bystanders wounded, 1 victim is in critical condition at UT Medical Center. Where was KPD @? Why has this story not been reported on the news. It's pathetic when an individual decides to spray bullets anytime, when will people stop acting a fool. Some one is going to killed in situations like this.

Late Thursday night (11pm), a fight broke out at a home on Meadow View Road in East Knoxville. Police have the suspects and are trying to determine who might face charges.

Three a.m. Saturday morning a shooting happened at the Copa Cabana club, injuring four people one of which was injured seriously. No one has been arrested as of this report.

Just over a year ago, June, 2010, "two juveniles face charges of reckless endangerment, aggravated assault, curfew violation and vandalism after police say shots were fired early Friday outside a South Knoxville club [Copa Cabana]."

It is being reported that at 11:59 p.m. on October 1 one man was shot to death and another injured at 1420 E Magnolia Avenue, one block west of Pellissippi State College.

Update: the wounded person told police he was being robbed and in the struggle the robber was shot and killed.

Neighbors shooting neighbors. Twenty year old man argues with thirty-four year old neighbor, then shoots him.

Ninth shooting in 32 days. Thirteenth shooting in 39 days.

KPD found a gunshot victim behind a house on 1929 E. Fifth Ave. The house is across the street from a church and a city park.

Tennessean: Tennessee gun crime rate is among highest

People were more likely to be victims of a violent gun crime here than in any other state in the nation, according to a Tennessean analysis of FBI statistics. Only Washington, D.C., had a higher rate of gun violence. Tennessee came out worst in the nation in the rate at which its residents are victims of aggravated assaults with a firearm and fifth-worst in robberies.

6th shooting in 6 days.

A woman was shot early this morning in the Western Heights area. Reports she was being robbed. "The original call came from near the Boys and Girls Club on West Oldham Avenue, but they are not sure where the crime occurred.

Late yesterday a man was shot on McConnell Street East of town in the Walter P Taylor Homes housing complex. KPD reports the victim is refusing to assist the investigation.

A man gets shot while trying to interfere with apartment break-in near Old Kingston Pike and Colony Way. Teens may have been involved.

It's being reported that a 75 yr old man was shot in West Knox County by his 48 yr old wife during her attempt to intervene in an argument he was having with her son. The son was arrested on charges from Loudon County.

A woman's husband and father were both shot in an altercation with another man at their house on Ball Road, off of Oak Ridge Highway.

A man living on Chickamauga Ave. in North Knoxville was shot this morning. A woman called to borrow money and when he opened his door robbers rushed in shooting the man in the process.

Local news is reporting a 19 yr old man (ex-UT student) was killed and a 21 yr old man (current UT student) was wounded during a shooting near the UT campus at the Grand Forest Apartments, corner of Grand Avenue and 17th Street.

A man says he was shot at the intersection of Garfield Avenue and Wilder Place in East Knoxville around 10pm.

Another man said he was shot while driving near the intersection at Dandridge Avenue and Wilder Place.

KPD is investigating whether the two shooting incidents on Wilder Place within a few blocks are related.

Police "say a man was found shot in the chest in the 13 hundred block of Alliance Drive", Western Heights, around 2:30am Friday.

15th reported shooting in 16 days.
5th reported shooting in 2 days.

A man called 911 to report he had been shot. " It happened in the 9100 block of Brownlow Newman Lane", way East near the Seven Islands Wildlife Refuge.

What's going on? It's like the wild west out there.

Update: the man died.

Bad karma?

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October 29, 2011, a man was shot in the leg while in the parking lot of the Dollar General Store in Five Points at the corner of McCalla Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue.

November 7, 2011, one man is dead from a shooting that occurred around 3:40AM on Better Tomorrow Drive, Western Heights area.

November 9, 2011, within blocks of the Knoxville Police Department, Green Elementary Magnet School, and the Knoxville Coliseum, a man was shot and later died. The shooting was reported at the Arbor Place Apartments, 390 S. Hall of Fame Drive.

KPD is investigating a shooting that happened around 3:30AM, Nov. 10, 2011, at Cedar Springs Apartments (corner of Gallaher View and Gleason Road) in West Knoxville.

A woman found a "deceased person" in her yard early Saturday morning, Nov. 12, 2011, just after midnight. The victim had been shot multiple times.

On Nov. 15, 2011, at around 6:45PM, as a suspected Walmart shoplifter was being interviewed by Knoxville police, he pulled a gun and was subsequently shot and killed by police. The Walmart was at 7420 Chapman Highway in South Knoxville, near John Sevier Highway.

On the evening of Nov. 17, 2011, a man reportedly looking for his niece at Walter P. Taylor Homes in East Knoxville ended up shot in the jaw.

It's being reported a man entered the home of another man at the 3600 block of Dance Avenue and shot the resident in the leg. The shooting occurred around 8:45PM, Saturday evening, Nov. 19, 2011.

The shooter was described as a white male and drove a gray mini-van.

November 23, 2011, at 2811 Linden Avenue in East Knoxville, a shooting occurred around 9:30 PM. A dog was caught in the crossfire and killed. No people were injured.

November 30, 2011, at an apartment complex located at 2733 Magnolia Avenue, WBIR is reporting a gun discharged while a juvenile male was "pistol whipping" his mother. His girlfriend was shot in the leg.

Dec. 3, 2011, a masked man attempted to rob a man as he was getting out of his car at home on Cecil Johnson Road in West Knoxville. They struggled and the attacker shot the victim in the head.

Around 5 pm, Sunday, December 18, 2011, a man sitting on his porch on S. Olive Street in the Walter P. Taylor Homes neighborhood, was shot by a man after a brief confrontation.

Three men, two of which had guns, wearing dark hoodies and clothing items over their faces entered a home at 9616 Norris Freeway in North Knox County Monday, December 19, 2011, around 6 pm. One of the four people at the home was shot.

It's being reported a woman was shot in the arm during an attempted robbery at 212 Pelham Road, Lot 6, in East Knoxville.