KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Newly released video captured the moments a Mechanicsville neighborhood was terrorized by two separate drive-by shootings within a week.
A homeowner provided video taken of both incidents taken from their security camera, which happened along Moses Avenue.
The first occurred in the late afternoon of December 30, 2020 at the 1700 block of Moses Avenue. The security camera captured the moment a dark-colored Chevy Malibu sped by and began firing repeatedly as a group of people stood outside a home.
A juvenile male was grazed by a bullet in the incident. KPD later detained a 26-year-old man driving a car that resembled the vehicle, but so far nor charges have been filed.
Just a few days later on January 4, 2021, that same camera captured another drive-by shooting at night on the street.
The video showed a Subaru speeding by as gunfire rang out. The muzzle flash of the gun could be seen from the vehicle shooting at a neighbor's home, with the neighbor remarking, "Well, there's another one."
No one was hurt in that shooting.
A stolen Subaru thought to have been used in that shooting was recovered a day later.
Around midnight, officers saw a silver Subaru near the 3200 block of Ashland Avenue. They think that vehicle was involved in that shooting as well as another shooting on January 1 in the area.
Police tried to stop the Subaru, realizing it was stolen, "but it fled from officers west on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue from Beaman Street."
As officers kept an eye out for the vehicle, they spotted two juvenile males near the 1600 block of Seventh Avenue in an area east of Old North Knoxville.
"One juvenile was found in possession of a key to a Subaru and admitted to being in the vehicle when it fled from officers," according to Erland's release Tuesday.
Authorities also found the Subaru on Interstate 40 West near Hall of Fame Drive.
The Moses Avenue area of Mechanicsville has seen repeated shootings in recent months. One resident told 10News she had eight bullet holes in her walls.
Neighbors say they fear for their lives and have reverted to staying inside to avoid being hurt. Some said they've had to hit the floor while shots are being fired.
On February 17, just a few blocks away from these drive-by shootings, an unknown suspect shot at into an occupied apartment in the area off Ridgebrook Lane. No one was hurt, and police are still investigating that shooting.
In April 2016, 12-year-old JaJuan H. Latham, a Bearden Middle School student, was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting while sitting in a vehicle at nearby Danny Mayfield Park.