Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Knoxville Police are searching for a teen suspect in connection to Friday’s shooting at the Kwik Pantry Food Mart off Asheville Highway.
KPD officials announcing Tuesday that officers and detectives are actively working to find 15-year-old Kendall Ridgeway who they say is facing multiple juvenile charges connected to the September 13 shooting, including attempted first-degree murder.
Officers responded around 7:45 p.m. Friday to the Kwik Pantry in the 4800 block of Asheville Highway and found a man who’d been shot in the leg.
Police say there was a conflict inside the store involving the victim and two male suspects when one of the suspects, later identified as Ridgeway, fired at the victim multiple times. The victim was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Anyone with information is asked to contact East Tennessee Valley Crimestoppers at 865-215-7165.
