KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The Knoxville Police Department said Thursday they arrested a man they were looking for on first-degree murder charges.
They said Venice Foster, 57, was arrested around 5 p.m. on Wednesday. They said he was arrested after a traffic stop at Cherry Street and Nichols Avenue.
Foster was sought on indictments of first-degree murder after the fatal shooting of Brandon Murrell, 31, on Jan. 11, 2022. He was found outside of a home with at least one gunshot wound, according to authorities.
Murrell was later declared dead at the University of Tennessee Medical Center.