Police say progress being made in investigations involving Austin-East students killed
4 Austin-East students have been killed in shootings in 2021
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - On Monday the Knoxville Police Department said that progress is still being made in the investigations into four deadly shootings, but they are not at liberty to release any further information right now.
During a press conference about the shootings held in February, KPD Cheif Eve Thomas promised the department would increase patrols around the Austin-East area. She later confirmed that KPD is doing everything they are capable of with officers working mandatory overtime.
Four teenage Austin-East High School students have been killed as the result of multiple shootings in Knoxville since the beginning of 2021.
- On March 9, 15-year-old Jamarion Gillette died in a shooting. Police said he had been missing since October.
- On Feb. 16, a 15-year-old Austin-East student was shot and killed near a home on Selma Ave.
- On Feb. 12, a 16-year-old Austin-East student was fatally shot as he was driving home from school.
- On January 27, a 15-year-old was shot and killed from the backseat of a car in Northeast Knoxville.
A suspect was arrested and charged in the January shooting, but no other suspects have been identified and no charges have been filed in relation to the other shootings.
KPD is asking anyone with information about any of the shootings to come forward. Anyone who knows anything about the shootings should call the KPD Crime and Drug Hotline at 865-215-7212. Tips can be submitted anonymously.
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