The Great Smoky Mountain Journal
Staff Reports
Posted: Monday, January 01, 2018 12:28 PM
Alcoa Police Department Investigation Homicide, Stabbing On Topside Road in Louisville
Officers were dispatched to Topside Road at Buck Drive Tuesday night at 10:42 p.m. for reports of a male who had suffered multiple stab wounds.
The man was taken by AMR to UT Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.
Detectives with the Alcoa Police Department responded to the scene at 11 p.m. Tuesday and started a homicide investigation.
Blount County Sheriff’s deputies, City of Alcoa Fire Department personnel and a Knox County Sheriff’s Office aviation unit assisted at the scene to try to search for a suspect.
Officials said a preliminary autopsy is being performed Wednesday morning at the UT Regional Forensic Center.
Anyone with information about the incident is urged to call detectives at the City of Alcoa Police Department at 865-981-4111. Anonymous tips can also be made by calling 865-380-4715.
