Aisha Cates, 43, was shot and killed in the early morning hours of August 22, 2021, in the Walter P. Taylor Homes neighborhood of Knoxville. She was found unresponsive beside a vehicle with a gunshot wound, taken to UT Medical Center, and later pronounced deceased. Witnesses said someone inside a vehicle fired a shot and then fled the scene, and the Knoxville Police Department’s Major Crimes Unit opened a homicide investigation.

Investigators identified 31-year-old Vincent Morrison of Maryville as a suspect and said he faced outstanding warrants from a March 2021 incident. Morrison was located by U.S. Marshals in Ramona, California, and arrested on September 7, 2021, then held for extradition to Knox County. Court filings indicated a witness saw Morrison and Cates arguing just before the shot and later identified him in a lineup, but the murder charge was dismissed when that key witness failed to appear in court. Morrison remained in custody on other pending charges.

Are there readers who knew Aisha or saw activity in the Walter P. Taylor Homes area that night and can help fill gaps in the timeline?