UPDATE (October 26, 2026, 1:45 pm): KPD Homicide Unit detectives are continuing to investigate the circumstances surrounding and leading to the deadly shooting that happened early Saturday morning in ...

The Knoxville Police Department is investigating a single-vehicle fatality that occurred overnight in the area of I-275 North and I-640 East. At around 12:56 a.m., KPD officers were dispatched to a ...

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is investigating an in-custody death that occurred at a Sutherland Avenue convenience store on Wednesday afternoon. At around 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, August 5, ...

The Knoxville Police Department is investigating a suspected domestic-related shooting that happened late Sunday night at a Fine Avenue home. At around 11 pm on Sunday, July 19, KPD officers responded ...

Herbert Michael Russell, 57, was arrested and charged with attempted second-degree murder after a stabbing on North Broadway. At around 11:40 a.m. on Friday, June 5, 2026, Knoxville Police Department ...

The Knoxville Police Department has announced that its Real Time Information Center is now operational on a limited basis and the launch of the Connect Knoxville program, which gives community members ...

The Knoxville Police Department recently participated in the National Policing Institute’s Rapid Performance Assessment (RPA), an emerging performance improvement and learning tool that evaluated ...

Knoxville has continued to see a dramatic decrease in crime through the first quarter of 2026. From January 1 through March 31, 2026, there were no murders in Knoxville, down from four at the same ...

Members of the Knoxville Police Department’s Community Engagement Response Team took Douglas Peek, 48 of Knoxville, into custody at his Cherokee Boulevard home on Monday evening following a ...

The United Stated Marshals Service has taken 41-year-old Gregory Chase Williamson into custody after he fled from UT Medical Center during a medical evaluation in November. Williamson was originally ...

At just before 7 p.m. last night, KPD officers responded to a reported stabbing at the Motel 6 on Merchants Center Boulevard. Officers arrived on scene and located the victim, who had fled into the ...