Kelton O’Brian Crawford, 37, was shot and killed in Knoxville on January 28, 2019 after intervening in a violent domestic assault in the Fountain City area. The ex-boyfriend, identified as John A. Taylor, 30 at the time, left and then returned armed; after a heated phone exchange between Taylor and Crawford, Taylor shot Crawford multiple times. Crawford was taken to the University of Tennessee Medical Center and died of his injuries.

Law enforcement located and arrested Taylor at a Fountain City convenience store that same night; he was charged with first-degree murder, especially aggravated kidnapping, and aggravated domestic assault and held on a $625,000 bond. A General Sessions judge found probable cause, and a Knox County grand jury returned an indictment in April 2019. Crawford was described by family and friends as a devoted father of four sons whose final act was to help someone in danger.

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