The Morristown Police Department is asking for help regarding a fatal shooting at the Five Points Mobile Home Park.
Police were called to Brights Pike Road Saturday morning and found 35-year-old Francisco Suarez on the ground suffering from a gunshot wound to the head. A second victim, 26-year-old Julio Torres, was found dead in his vehicle outside his residence at Lot 4.
Photo courtesy of WVLT
Investigators are asking anyone in the area to please check home surveillance camera video for any people or vehicles in the area during this time and report anything suspicious to police.
Any information may be helpful in this investigation and all tips will be followed-up on. Information can be reported anonymously anytime at 423-585-1833 or you may call our dispatch center 24/7 at 423-585-2701.
A statewide alert is been requested for missing a missing 23 year-old woman.
Nia Baise was last seen on April 14 She is believed to be in Virginia and was last wearing a green hoodie and blue jeans. She takes medication and could be at serious medical risk without it.
Anyone with information concerning Nia’s whereabouts are asked to call East Tennessee Valley Crime Stoppers at 865-215-7165.
Officials with the Great Smoky Mountains National Park have some updated information into the search for a missing Florida man.
68-year-old Gordon Kaye of Tampa was last seen near a backcountry campsite on April 23 with search teams focused on trails and areas in and around the Deep Creek Campground. Crews are prepared to continue search operations on Monday. He is an experienced hiker, camper and hunter and had reserved a campsite at Deep Creek Campground for 14 days.
More than 120 people from 29 agencies and three states are helping the National Park Service in the search which will resume today. (Monday).
Anyone with information is asked to please contact Great Smoky Mountains National Park Dispatch at 865-436-1230 or Swain County Dispatch at 828-488-2196.
Officials with the Great Smoky Mountains National Park have some updated information into the search for a missing Florida man.
68-year-old Gordon Kaye of Tampa was last seen near a backcountry campsite on April 23 with search teams focused on trails and areas in and around the Deep Creek Campground. Crews are prepared to continue search operations on Monday. He is an experienced hiker, camper and hunter and had reserved a campsite at Deep Creek Campground for 14 days.
More than 120 people from 29 agencies and three states are helping the National Park Service in the search which will resume today. (Monday).
Anyone with information is asked to please contact Great Smoky Mountains National Park Dispatch at 865-436-1230 or Swain County Dispatch at 828-488-2196.
Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced that Greenbrier Road, Porters Creek Trail, Brushy Mountain Trail, and campsites 31, 32, and 33 are now open to public use. Old Settlers Trail and Grapeyard Ridge Trail re-opened to public use earlier this month.
Ramsey Cascades Road and Ramsey Cascades Trail will remain closed until the trail is safe to open to hikers. Trail crews are rerouting sections of the trail and rebuilding foot log bridges that were washed out last summer during a July 2022 flood event.
Greenbrier Road was closed beyond the ranger station after the road and area trails and culverts sustained damage during the flood event. Earlier this year road crews repaired the road, stabilized the slope, and replaced culverts.
A man was arrested on Wednesday after he reportedly shot at a truck, according to a report obtained by WVLT News.
At around 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, officers responded to a possible shooting on the I-75 South entrance ramp on Emory Road. When officers arrived they spoke with Trey Bailey, who was standing outside his truck on the on-ramp.
Bailey told officers that he was driving west, and a truck had been tailgating him. Bailey said that when both vehicles pulled up to a red light, the passenger in the truck started yelling at him and threw a full cup at his car.
Bailey told officers that he saw the passenger pull a gun and heard him shoot a round. The report said that Bailey then pulled his gun and fired back at the truck. When both vehicles got on the on-ramp, Bailey told officers that the truck ran him off the road.
Another officer spoke with the driver and passenger in the truck. Tyler Johnson, the driver of the truck, told officers that he was in a road rage incident with Bailey. Tyler Johnson said that Bailey pulled up on the truck’s right side and threw a drink at the truck.
The passenger, Peyton Johnson, threw a drink back on Bailey’s car, and Tyler Johnson said that Bailey then pointed a gun at the truck and fired one round.
When the cars went to go on the on-ramp, Tyler Johnson told officers that he rammed Bailey’s car as Bailey was trying to pass on the right because he was afraid that Bailey would shoot again.
A witness told officers that the incident happened behind her at the red light for the I-75 South ramp. She told officers that she saw Bailey throw his drink at the truck then saw him pointing his gun out the driver’s window at the truck.
Two other witnesses saw Bailey point and fire his gun at Tyler and Peyton Johnson, according to the report.
Bailey was arrested and charged with aggravated assault and two counts of reckless endangerment in a vehicle.
KCHD to recognize Sexual Assault Awareness Month with Safe Bar Training
WHAT: Knox County Health Department (KCHD), along with the Sexual Assault Center of East Tennessee, the Title IX Office at University of Tennessee, and the Family Justice Center are continuing the Safe Bar TN training to prevent sexual violence and create safe nightlife spaces. The next training will be with new local business, Yee-Haw Brewing Co. Interviews will be available with Yee-Haw’s bar manager and KCHD’s violence prevention health educator.
WHEN: Wednesday, May 3 at 11:15 a.m.
WHERE: Yee-Haw Brewing Co.
745 N Broadway
BACKGROUND: The Safe Bar Program launched in Knox County in early 2022. Training includes FREE, in-person education on bystander intervention and raising awareness about alcohol’s role in sexual assault. According to the U.S. National Library of Medicine, alcohol is involved in about half of all sexual assault incidents. In these situations, alcohol could be consumed by the offender, victim, or often, both.
“This initiative helps equip bar employees to recognize signs of potential assault or unwanted behaviors and how to safely intervene,” said Amy Rowling, KCHD violence prevention health educator. “We are grateful for the local bars participating in the initiative who are taking important steps to help create a safer community.”
Following certification, participating bars are given a flyer and window cling to display their safe bar status. Additionally, benefits for participating businesses include access to ambassadors and trainers for future guidance and promotion from Safe Bar TN’s website and social media platforms.
Great Smoky Mountains National Park rangers are searching for a 69-year-old man in the Deep Creek area of the park.
Gordon Kaye from Tampa, FL was last seen in the lower loop of Deep Creek Campground this past Saturday and his family reported him missing on Wednesday.
He may be suffering from a mental health crisis.
Anyone who saw Kaye or has information is asked to contact Great Smoky Mountains National Park Dispatch at 865-436-1230 or Swain County Dispatch at 828-488-2196.
Knoxville Mayor Indya Kincannon presents her proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year in her State of the City address.
The almost $433 million proposed budget does not include a property tax increase.
A main focus for Kincannon’s proposed budget is the need for housing in the city. $7.5 million dollars will go toward affordable housing, with $4.5 million allocated to “Transforming Western,” an initiative to overhaul Knoxville’s largest public housing community.
The budget sets aside $2 million for Lakeshore Park, $1 million for Lonsdale Park, and $4.5 million for the multi-use public stadium connecting East Knoxville to downtown.
Nearly $12 million was allotted to construct and maintain roads and sidewalks throughout the city.
Kincannon will present her proposed budget to the Knoxville City Council for the first reading on May 2, followed by a legislative budget hearing and public hearing on May 9.
