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KPD News & Alerts
The Knoxville Police Department (KPD) responds to a variety of events and calls for service each day.
For any questions, please contact KPD's Public Information Officer Scott Erland at 865-215-7210 or
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The KPD News & Alerts Blog below is no longer being updated. Please visit
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Regions Bank Robbery
This morning at around 10:30 a.m., Knoxville Police Department officers and FBI Special Agents responded to a reported armed robbery at the Regions Bank located at 2901 Essary Drive. Based on the preliminary investigation, a male suspect entered the bank, approached a teller and displayed a firearm ...
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On Oct 06, 2021 at 12:52 PM
Drug and Weapon Arrests for Week of September 27
As part of the Knoxville Police Department’s ongoing and focused efforts to prevent overdose deaths, shootings and other violent crime, KPD officers arrested a total of 59 individuals ranging from 17 to 70 years of age for weapon or drug charges over the past week. In a review of KPD incident report ...
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On Oct 04, 2021 at 4:19 PM
Body Located at Sam Tillery Road Residence Confirmed to be Missing Person Desheena Kyle
Forensic pathologists at the Regional Forensic Center confirmed on Thursday morning that it was the body of missing person Desheena Kyle that was located by Knoxville Police Department officers at a residence on Sam Tillery Road. The manner of death was ruled as a homicide. The body of Deshe ...
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On Sep 30, 2021 at 11:49 AM
Knoxville Man Charged with Attempted First Degree Murder from Shooting on Avondale Avenue
Stanley Wilson, 50 of Knoxville, Tennessee, has been charged with attempted first degree murder, felon in possession of a weapon and employing a firearm during the commission of a felony following a shooting that occurred on Avondale Avenue on the night of Tuesday, September 28. According to w ...
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On Sep 29, 2021 at 10:43 AM
Drug and Weapon Arrests for Week of September 20
Over this past week, Knoxville Police Department officers arrested 54 individuals ranging from ages 18 to 67 for drug or weapon charges. Based on a review of incident reports from September 20 through September 27, those arrests led to a total of 18 felony charges and 134 misdemeanor charges. Additi ...
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On Sep 27, 2021 at 4:14 PM
Crisis Negotiators Successfully Talk Suicidal Individual Off Interstate Overpass
After over two hours of careful negotiations, Knoxville Police Department officers successfully talked a suicidal individual off of an interstate overpass last night. Just before 9 p.m. on Sunday, September 26, KPD officers received a call that a man was standing on the guardrail of the Baxter A ...
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On Sep 27, 2021 at 9:42 AM
KPD Mourning the Loss of Officer Jeff Damewood
The Knoxville Police Department mourns the loss of Officer Jeff Damewood, who passed away on Thursday night at the Vanderbilt Medical Center following an over year-long battle with cancer. A native of Knoxville, Tennessee, Damewood joined the KPD in January of 1997. After completing the train ...
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On Sep 27, 2021 at 9:24 AM
Public Assistance Sought to Identify Skeletal Remains Found Off Western Avenue
Knoxville Police Department investigators are seeking public assistance to help identify an individual who was found deceased earlier this month. On Tuesday, September 7 at around 4:50 p.m., investigators responded to a call that human skeletal remains had been located in a tent in the woods b ...
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On Sep 24, 2021 at 11:39 AM
Update on Investigation into the Disappearance of Desheena Kyle
Over three months since Desheena Kyle was last seen, her whereabouts remain unknown and the Knoxville Police Department is continuing to actively investigate the circumstances of her disappearance. Kyle, 26 of Knoxville, Tennessee, was reported missing from her apartment at 1307 Wilson Road on ...
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On Sep 23, 2021 at 3:50 PM
Pedestrian Seriously Injured in Alcoa Highway Crash
At around 5:22 a.m. on Wednesday, September 22, 9-1-1 dispatch received a report of a single-vehicle crash on Alcoa Highway near the exit ramp to Kingston Pike. The vehicle from that crash was traveling southbound on Alcoa Highway when it struck the inside concrete barrier and came to rest in the le ...
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On Sep 22, 2021 at 11:41 AM
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