Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A Knoxville man is charged with multiple counts of attempted murder following an investigation into a shooting Friday night in northwest Knoxville.
Knoxville Police Department officials say 32-year-old Davante Gamble was taken into custody following reports of an alleged break-in at a home on Thomas Street.
KPD says the victim, a 32-year-old woman, reported that she and two other individuals were en route to the home following a notification via her RING camera and crossed paths with the vehicle suspected of being involved in the burglary.
The passenger of that vehicle allegedly fired multiple rounds at the victim’s vehicle, striking it at least once. No one was struck or injured in the shooting.
Gamble was later identified as the suspect in the shooting; he is charged with three counts of attempted first-degree murder, one count of aggravated burglary and one count of employing a firearm with the intent to go armed.
The first measles case of 2025 has been confirmed in the state, and it’s in Middle Tennessee.
Tennessee Department of Health says the infected person is recovering in their home.
Doctor Joseph Gigante with the Monroe Carell, Junior Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt says the spread of measles seems to be moving fast after starting in west Texas.
Tennessee health officials say measles is highly infectious and spreads through the air when an infected person speaks, coughs or sneezes.
Doctors say watch out for symptoms of small bumps, high fever, cough and a runny noise. Measles can also be fatal.
There’s an active national measles outbreak with over 300 cases in 11 states, including two deaths.
The first measles case of 2025 has been confirmed in the state, and it’s in Middle Tennessee.
Tennessee Department of Health says the infected person is recovering in their home.
Doctor Joseph Gigante with the Monroe Carell, Junior Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt says the spread of measles seems to be moving fast after starting in west Texas.
Tennessee health officials say measles is highly infectious and spreads through the air when an infected person speaks, coughs or sneezes.
Doctors say watch out for symptoms of small bumps, high fever, cough and a runny noise. Measles can also be fatal.
There’s an active national measles outbreak with over 300 cases in 11 states, including two deaths.
The first measles case of 2025 has been confirmed in the state, and it’s in Middle Tennessee.
Tennessee Department of Health says the infected person is recovering in their home.
Doctor Joseph Gigante with the Monroe Carell, Junior Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt says the spread of measles seems to be moving fast after starting in west Texas.
Tennessee health officials say measles is highly infectious and spreads through the air when an infected person speaks, coughs or sneezes.
Doctors say watch out for symptoms of small bumps, high fever, cough and a runny noise. Measles can also be fatal.
There’s an active national measles outbreak with over 300 cases in 11 states, including two deaths.
The National Hurricane Center releases its final report on Hurricane Helene.
The storm made landfall in Florida as a Category 4 hurricane before traveling North, causing catastrophic flooding, extreme winds and killing hundreds across the south.
Helene is responsible for at least 249 deaths, including 18 in Tennessee. Fifteen of those died from the flooding, one died because of possible medical issues or incidents from storm cleanup and the last two are unknown.
During search efforts, at least three people from North Carolina were found in Tennessee.
The report went on to say that the river gauge on the Pigeon River in Newport measured the river level go six-feet higher than the previous recorded crest, something that stood for over 120 years.
The Nolichucky River also saw record-breaking flooding in Greene County when it crested nine-feet above its previous all-time record.
The Knoxville Police Department’s Homicide Unit is investigating an overnight shooting on Louise Avenue that left a teenager dead.
At around 12:15 a.m. on Monday, March 24, 2025, KPD officers were dispatched to the 2500 block of Louise Avenue for a shooting with a victim. Officers arrived on scene, finding a 16-year-old male who had been shot at least one time in the backyard of a Louise Avenue home. Despite life-saving measures, the victim was pronounced dead at the scene.
Officers located numerous shell casings in the backyard.
A suspect has not yet been identified or charged, and the investigation remains in the early stages.
Anyone with information that could assist the investigation is urged to contact East Tennessee Valley Crime Stoppers anonymously at 865-215-7165.
COLUMBUS, Ohio — No. 20 Tennessee, seeded No. 4 in the Birmingham 3 Regional, punched its ticket to the program’s 37th NCAA Sweet16 in the 43 years of the women’s tournament with an 82-67 victory over No. 4 seed and No. 15/13-ranked Ohio State Sunday night at the Schottenstein Center.
The Lady Vols (24-9), who fell behind by 11 over the opening six minutes, hit reset after a first-quarter media timeout and outscored the Buckeyes 77-51 the rest of the way. UT improved to 4-0 vs. OSU during the postseason and 11-3 all-time and handed the home team its first loss of the year in its own venue in 17 games.
Redshirt sophomore Talaysia Cooper led her team in scoring for the 13th time this season, firing in 19 points and adding team highs with eight rebounds and seven steals along with five assists and a blocked shot. Also in double figures were junior Zee Spearman, junior Ruby Whitehorn and senior Samara Spencer, who contributed 17, 14 and 10 points, respectively.
The Buckeyes (26-7), who tied for third in the Big Ten this season, were paced by Jaloni Cambridge, who scored 19 points. Cotie McMahon added 17.
After Ohio State jumped on top early in the game with a Chance Gray bucket, Tennessee’s Tess Darby gave her team the lead right back on a three-pointer at the 8:30 mark. The Buckeyes, though, countered with a 9-0 run to grab an 11-3 advantage with 5:31 to go. A Jillian Hollingshead layup ended the UT drought at the 5:10 mark, and OSU added another score to take a 13-5 lead into the 4:45 media break. After the Buckeyes stretched their lead to 11, 16-5, with 3:49 remaining, the Lady Vols punched back with a 12-2 burst, getting threes from Cooper and Darby and layups from Spearman and Jewel Spear to help close the gap to 18-17 with 44 seconds left. OSU, though, scored the last three points of the period to claim a 21-17 lead after one.
A Spencer three-pointer trimmed the deficit to one at the outset of the second stanza before Ohio State pushed the gap back to five, 25-20, with 7:47 to go. Tennessee, however, put together a 7-0 explosion on a Darby three and back-to-back layups by Spearman to retake the lead, 27-25, and force a Buckeyes timeout with 5:59 to go. OSU hit a free throw after the break, but Tennessee built a six-point lead, 32-26, on a put-back by Hollingshead and a three by Whitehorn with 4:23 to go. The home team managed to creep within three points on three occasions, including 38-35 on a layup by McMahon with 27 seconds left, but a pair of Spencer free throws with a tick on the clock sent the Lady Vols into the locker room with a 40-35 advantage.
After Cambridge opened the second half with a layup for OSU and pulled her team within three, 40-37, Tennessee reeled off eight in a row on a layup by Whitehorn, a Cooper bucket on an inbounds play and layups from Alyssa Latham and Spearman to move ahead by 11, 48-37, with 8:03 to go and force a Buckeye timeout. Back-to-back threes by Spear and Spencer extended the lead to 17, 54-37, with 6:58 remaining, but Ohio State countered with a 12-0 run of its own to chop the UT lead to six, 54-49, with 4:56 left and force an Big Orange timeout. OSU lengthened that run to 16-0 with four more points before a Spearman bucket ended it with 3:50 remaining. The home team wasn’t finished, getting a McMahon old-fashioned three-point play to take a 57-56 lead with 2:48 left. UT demonstrated great resilience, though, finishing the period on a 10-2 blitz capped by a Whitehorn put-back that sent the Lady Vols into the final frame with a 66-59 lead.
Tennessee outscored Ohio State 8-4 to open the fourth quarter, getting a shot-clock-beating corner three from Whitehorn and five points from Cooper to build a 74-63 cushion by the 4:26 media timeout. A Spencer layup made it 76-63 with 3:18 to go, and OSU asked for time. The Buckeyes managed to score after the timeout and once more with 1:30 to go, but layups by Spearman and a pair of Cooper charity tosses closed out the victory.
UP NEXT: Tennessee advances to its 37th NCAA Sweet 16 in the 43-year history of the women’s tournament. It will face either No. 1 seed Texas or No. 8 Illinois in Alabama on Saturday at 1 or 3:30 p.m. ET at Legacy Arena in the Birmingham 3 Regional. The contest will be televised by ABC and available on Lady Vol Network radio stations statewide and via audio stream on UTSports.com.
DANCING OUR WAY THROUGH ROUND TWO: Tennessee made its 43rd straight appearance in the NCAA First/Second Rounds, and it now owns a 66-6 record during games played in those rounds. The Lady Vols improved to 31-4 in second round contests, including 5-2 on the road, and pushed their NCAA Tournament record to 133-34.
TREYS ON TREYS: The Lady Vols drained 10 three-pointers versus Ohio State. It marked a school-best 18th time that UT has made 10 or more treys in a single game this season. The previous record was six in 2023-24.
PRESS CAUSES STRESS: The Lady Vols forced the Buckeyes to turn the ball over 23 times, making them the 21st team this season to commit at least 20 miscues. UT used that to build a 37-15 points-off-turnovers differential vs. OSU.
DARBY CLIMBS GAMES PLAYED LIST:Tess Darby rose to third place on the Lady Vol career list of games played, seeing action in a total of 145 contests throughout her time at Tennessee. Darby bumped Shanna Zolman’s (2002-06) 144 career games played into fourth place.
100+ STEALS, UT TOP-10 LIST FOR COOP: Talaysia Cooper’s seven takeaways versus Ohio State moved her into a tie for seventh place for total steals in a single season at Tennessee. Cooper’s 104 steals knot her with Alexis Hornbuckle (2007-08) and propelled her past Tamika Catchings (100, 1997-98), Michelle Marciniak (101, 1995-96) and Semeka Randall (102, 1997-98).
SAM SHARING THE ROCK:Samara Spencer’s six assists against Ohio State ran her season total to 156 in 2024-25, leaving two shy of the UT single-season top 10. That sum is the most she has dished in a season during her career, topping the 154 she recorded at Arkansas during her sophomore season in 2022-23.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – No. 7 Tennessee’s conference series win streak was snapped at 10 on Sunday at Sherri Parker Lee Stadium as it fell 9-0 to No. 14 Arkansas in Game 2 of its three-game set.
Tennessee (26-6, 2-3 SEC) had not lost an SEC series since the penultimate weekend of the 2023 season, marking a program-record 10 consecutive series victories. The series loss at home is UT’s first since 2022.
Arkansas (23-6, 3-5 SEC) took an early lead in the second inning after a two-out error extended the frame. The Razorbacks capitalized, scoring the game’s first run with a single down the left-field line. They extended their lead in the third, adding three more runs, off an RBI double and a two-run home run.
After three scoreless innings, Arkansas padded its lead with five runs in the seventh.
Tennessee tallied five hits, led by Saviya Morgan, who went 2-for-3 at the plate. Despite getting its leadoff hitter on base in the final three innings, UT was unable to score.
IN THE CIRCLE Freshman Erin Nuwer started and threw 3.1 innings on Sunday, allowing six runs – five earned – on eight hits. She walked three and struck out three.
Sophomore Sage Mardjetko pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, striking out two and walking one, while not allowing a hit.
Peyton Tanner also saw action in the circle, throwing 2.1 innings. She surrendered three runs on one hit, with four walks and a strikeout.
GIBSON REACHES 30 Senior McKenna Gibson extended her reached-base streak to 30 consecutive games after drawing a walk in the first inning.
DUE UP Tennessee and Arkansas will conclude their series on Monday, with first pitch set for 7 p.m. ET on SEC Network.
Remains Identified as Missing Scott County Person William “Will” Cross
It has been confirmed that the remains discovered on October 14, 2023, have been identified as those of William “Will” Cross, who was reported missing on May 18, 2018.
Sheriff Brian Keeton and the Scott County Sheriff’s Office extends its sincerest gratitude to SCSO Detective David Stephens, David Gesualdo and his Southeast Search and Rescue team from Georgia, and Dr. Arpad Vass with Forensic Recovery Services, for their contribution and assistance to law enforcement in McCreary County, Ky during the search and recovery efforts of Mr. Cross.
Mr. Cross’ family has been notified and has requested privacy during this difficult time. We ask that the community keep the family, friends, and all those involved in your thoughts and prayers.
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BRISTOL – A joint investigation by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, the Bristol Police Department, the 2nd Judicial District Attorney General’s Office, and the Virginia State Police has resulted in the indictment of an Alabama man in connection to a homicide that occurred more than two decades ago.
In April 2002, detectives with the Bristol, Tennessee Police Department began investigating the circumstances leading to the disappearance of 24-year-old Cody Scott Matney, who was last seen at a business in the 3200 block of West State Street. His vehicle was located in the parking lot of the business. Despite extensive investigative efforts over the years, the case remained unsolved.
In 2024, Bristol detectives received new information on the case and began working alongside the 2nd Judicial District Attorney’s General’s Office and TBI agents as part of the TBI Cold Case Initiative. During the course of the investigation, authorities determined that Christopher James Havrilla (DOB: 8/6/72) kidnapped Cody Matney, murdered him, and disposed of his body.
On March 12th, the Sullivan County Grand Jury returned indictments charging Christopher Havrilla with one count of First Degree Murder and one count of First Degree Murder in Perpetration of Kidnapping. On March 14th, Havrilla was arrested by the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency in Orange Beach, Alabama. This week, he was extradited to Tennessee and booked into the Sullivan County Jail.
At this time, the investigation remains ongoing. Investigators believe that other individuals from the Bristol, TN, and Bristol, VA, area may have additional information concerning the disappearance and murder of Cody Matney. Anyone with information is asked to call the Bristol, Tennessee Police Department at 423-968-1426 or the TBI at 1-800-TBI-FIND.
The charges and allegations referenced in this release are merely accusations of criminal conduct and not evidence. The defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt and convicted through due process of law.
