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KPD identifies victim in West Knoxville shooting, releases suspect

Officers responded to the shooting at 3:01 a.m.

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee — The Knoxville Police Department said it identified, interviewed and then released a suspect after interviewing about a dozen people at the Safety Building on Monday morning following an overnight shooting in West Knoxville that left one person dead.

KPD Investigates Overnight Fatal Shooting On Monday, February 18, 2019, at approximately 3:01 a.m., officers responded to a shooting call at the Lovell Road overpass at I-40. When officers arrived...

Officers responded around 3 a.m. Monday to a call about a shooting at the Lovell Road overpass at I-40. When they arrived, they found a vehicle with a dead man, the release said.

KPD identified the victim as 28-year-old Michael Lee Chambers Jr. from Knoxville.

According to a preliminary investigation, the man had been involved in an earlier altercation with other people at another location. 

KPD said a case file will be presented to the Knox County District Attorney General's Office for review at the conclusion of the investigation.

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