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Sarah Romine, 31, is charged with killing Kelsy L. Cook, 24, the night of July 31.

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SEVIERVILLE — Sarah Romine acknowledged she’d shot another woman as soon as police detained her outside Soaky Mountain Waterpark Saturday, according to the incident report from that night. Romine, 31, of Knoxville, “stated multiple times that she was very sorry and that she had shot another female,” Officer Kyle Hager said in the incident report. Hager and other officers eventually concluded that Romine fatally shot 24-year-old Kelsey Cook, of Knoxville according to the report. Hager and two other officers were nearby at Wilderness Resort to investigate a theft call shortl...

11 hrs ago SEVIERVILLE — Sarah Romine acknowledged she’d shot another woman as soon as police detained her outside Soaky Mountain Waterpark Saturday, according to the incident report from that night. Romine, 31, of Knoxville, “stated multiple times that she was very sorry and that she had shot another female,” Officer Kyle Hager said in the incident report. Hager and other officers eventually concluded that Romine fatally shot 24-year-old Kelsey Cook, of Knoxville according to the report. Hager and two other officers were nearby at Wilderness Resort to investigate a theft call shortly...

SEVIERVILLE — Weeks before an intoxicated customer allegedly killed another patron outside the Soaky Mountain Waterpark, Sevierville police told the state Alcoholic Beverage Commission Soaky Mountain Waterpark was overserving customers. SPD cited eight incidents between June 1 and July 15 where they’d been called to deal with intoxicated guests at Soaky Mountain Waterpark or Wilderness at the Smokies Resort, which owns the waterpark. TABC also confirmed it has started its own investigation into the incident, where the accused killer and at least two other people were allegedly intox...