The Knoxville Police Department is investigating a deadly shooting that happened late Wednesday night.
At around 11:15 p.m. on Wednesday, August 2, 2023, KPD Officers responded to the 2600 block of Copeland Street on the report of shots fired with a possible victim. Officers arrived on scene and located a man who had been shot multiple times. Officers treated the victim on scene until he was transported to the UT Medical Center, where he died after arrival.
A male person of interest was detained by responding Officers at the scene, who was identified as the suspect through further investigation conducted by the KPD Homicide Unit.
Based on the investigation, it is believed that the suspect, identified as 18-year-old Logan Norris, shot the victim, identified as 22-year-old Joseph Norris, following a domestic, physical altercation that started inside the home at Copeland Street. The suspect and victim were brothers.
Logan Norris will be charged with second-degree murder upon his release from UTMC, where he was transported to be evaluated for injuries that were allegedly sustained in the altercation.