Kayla Viars, 27, of Loudon, Tennessee, was killed on New Year’s Day 2018. Just after midnight she was a front-seat passenger in a car near Market Square in downtown Knoxville when a single bullet struck her in the back. Witnesses said Marques Polo Wheeler, who was in the backseat, had been playing with a .22 caliber handgun when it accidentally discharged. Viars was driven to East Tennessee Children’s Hospital; an unknown man dropped her off in the lobby and left before police arrived. She died shortly after arrival.

The Knoxville Police Department opened a homicide investigation and identified Marques Wheeler as the suspect. A warrant charging him with reckless homicide was issued; Wheeler was later located on Knoxville’s north side, arrested without incident and booked into the Knox County Detention Center. Police also sought and located Dominick Michael Brown, known as TrueStory, as a person of interest for questioning.

Are there witnesses who were at Market Square that night or anyone who knew the vehicle or people involved who can help clarify what happened?