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Shooting investigation - Kir...
Shooting investigation - Kirby Road
Update on Kirby Road Shooting Investigation (June 8, 2020, 9:20 a.m.)
The victim from the Sunday morning shooting on Kirby Road has passed away and this is now an active homicide investigation. The victim has been identified as Darryl Florence (DOB 9/8/89) of Knoxville, Tennessee. Investigators are following up on all leads and the investigation is ongoing. If anyone has any information relevant to this investigation, they are urged to call the KPD Crime and Drug Hotline at 865-215-7212 or email
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On Sunday, June 7 at around 4:20 a.m., KPD officers received a call that a subject had been shot and was in a vehicle in the Red Roof Inn parking lot located on Kirby Road. Upon arrival, officers located a male victim in a vehicle that had wrecked into at least two vehicles in the Red Roof Inn parking lot. The victim was suffering from at least one gunshot wound and transported to the UT Medical Center with life-threatening injuries. Follow-up investigation found that approximately six vehicles were struck by the victim’s vehicle in the parking lot following the shooting. Violent Crimes Unit investigators responded to the scene to begin their investigation. Investigators do not believe the shooting was random in nature. That investigation is ongoing.
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On 08 June, 2020 at 9:23 AM
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