Wednesday night's shooting brings the total to 28 fatal shooting victims in 30 weeks.
Author: Vinay Simlot
Updated: 9:24 PM EDT July 29, 2021
KNOXVILLE, Tennessee — The city is on track to break the record of deadly shooting victims, according to data from the Knoxville Police Department.
KPD statistics show 28 people have died so far this year, 5 less than the record which was set last year. In 2020 there were 33 fatal shooting victims, the highest number since KPD started tracking them in 1990.
On Wednesday, police said they pronounced another person dead from a shooting — Martaysha Flack, 20. They said she was dead on the scene when they arrived. One other person was shot and taken to the UT Medical Center.