Knoxville police call for more information in 7-year-old murder case

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - The Knoxville Police Department is asking for information as detectives continue to solve a murder that happened seven years ago.

In an announcement posted Tuesday, KPD officials said the department was still looking to solve 20-year-old Nahimana Zacharia’s murder. According to KPD, officers responded to the parking lot of the Sunset Lounge around 2:45 p.m. on June 9, 2019 after a shooting.

There, they found Zacharia, who was later pronounced dead at the University of Tennessee Medical Center.

Since then, KPD said officers had learned Zacharia may not have been the attended target, adding that there may have been more than one shooter.

Additionally, KPD said detectives had been looking for someone who went by “Chicken Leg” and someone who used the word “GBeechie” in their Facebook profile, but they had not been able to track anyone down.

Those with information are being asked to call 865-215-7317 or emailunsolvedmurder@knoxvilletn.gov.