17-year-old to face prosecution as adult in 2021 shooting attack that targeted Austin-East students
Ahmad J. Gatlin first was charged as a juvenile. His case has been moved to Knox County custody for prosecution as an adult.
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Ahmad J. Gatlin first was charged as a juvenile. His case has been moved to Knox County custody for prosecution as an adult.
Since January 2021, seven teens have been shot and killed in Knoxville.
The Mathis case, the trial and the questions that remain to this day are the subject of a new book, "South Dakota's Mathis Murders: Horror in the Heartland" by long-time South Dakota journalist Noel Hamiel. The book is available to purchase on Monday.
The Mathis case, the trial and the questions that remain to this day are the subject of a new book, "South Dakota's Mathis Murders: Horror in the Heartland" by long-time South Dakota journalist Noel Hamiel. The book is available to purchase on Monday.
MOUNT VERNON -- Lyle Swenson easily recalled the date. "September 8 is coming pretty fast," Swenson, the former longtime Davison County sheriff, said last week. He was referring to Sept. 8, 1981, 30 years ago today, when a rural Mount Vernon fami...