A man in the Sunday School class I taught this morning asked for prayer regarding an incident the previous day at Markman's Diamonds and Fine Jewelry. Two people were shot by a security guard and his wife is the lead investigator in the case. JTH and I actually drove by the scene shortly after the incident and wondered what had happened. Please keep all involved in your prayers.
Here is an article on the incident as it appeared in the Knoxville News-Sentinel:
KPD to meet with DA over weekend shooting outside jewelry store
News Sentinel staff
Dan Hall /Associate Editor Daily News Express
Knoxville Police Department spokesman Darrell DeBusk said this morning the meeting with the Knox County District Attorney General’s Office will take place “late this afternoon or early evening.”
He said investigators will be conducting additional interviews before the meeting.
No other details about the shooting will be released until after the meeting with prosecutors takes place, DeBusk said.
The name of the security guard for Markman’s Diamonds & Fine Jewelry is not being released.
The victims, Kevin Bowman, 22, and Elizabeth Day, 18, were arguing when the shooting took place, according to witnesses.
They were taken to the University of Tennessee Medical Center for surgery. Bowman was listed in critical condition Saturday night, and Day in stable condition.
Their conditions are not being released today.
The shooting happened at about 2:45 p.m. outside the store at 6932 Kingston Pike, Knox County E-911 records show. The guard, who works for Vinson Guard Service, was on duty at the store, police said. He wasn’t hurt.
The trouble apparently started about 15 minutes earlier when the couple got into an argument, DeBusk said. The argument turned into a struggle in the Markman’s parking lot, and the security guard somehow got involved, police said.
Someone had called E-911 to report the argument, but the shooting happened while officers were on their way, DeBusk said.
Jimmy Proffitt, who works at Custom Radio down the street, said he watched the couple walk past from a nearby McDonald’s, arguing all the way.
“They were yelling loud enough that I could hear them,” he said. “I couldn’t hear what they said. I was kind of concerned for her.”
Proffitt said the couple got as far as their car in the Markman’s lot.
“I was kind of looking through the trees (at the lot’s edge), so I couldn’t see everything,” he said. “I heard a commotion. The guy was at the driver’s side door. I could see the guard backing up. The only one I saw with a gun was the guard. He had his pistol in his hand with the gun pointed straight up. It wasn’t like he was preparing to shoot anybody.
“As he backed up, the guy moved toward the guard, and I heard the first shot. A few seconds later, I heard another shot. The next thing I saw, he was on the ground. The guard kept backing up, and the girl moved toward him. That’s when I heard the third shot.”
Arrison Kirby heard the gunfire from one of the businesses nearby.
“At first it sounded like a picture just falling off the wall,” he said. “Then a guy from the store next door came in and said to call the police, that someone had been shot.”
The woman apparently made it inside Markman’s, where a worker called E-911.
“I could see what was happening, but I couldn’t believe it,” Proffitt said. “She was kneeling down and went in the door.”
Kirby said he looked outside in time to see the man taken away in an ambulance.
“When I got out here, I saw a guy lying face-down in a puddle of blood,” he said. “I first thought he was dead, then he started twitching. He kept trying to get up, but he couldn’t.”
DeBusk said police didn’t know yet how many shots the guard fired or how he got involved in the fight. He said police didn’t know for sure whether the man and woman were married, why they went to the store or the extent of their injuries.
Vinson and Markman’s management wouldn’t talk about the shooting or anything related to it.
More details as they develop online and in Tuesday’s News Sentinel.
Staff writer Matt Lakin contributed to this story.
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