Shortly before 11 p.m. on November 20, 2017, gunfire broke the quiet in South Knoxville. Inside a Fisher Place residence where he had been staying with a relative for several weeks, 36-year-old James Kevin Bell of LaFollette was found dead of a gunshot wound. Knoxville police said the shooting was not a random act and opened an immediate homicide investigation.

Within days two men were arrested. Lamone Price Simmons, 35, and Tykemien Todd Stewart, 18, were charged with Bell’s murder and held on $500,000 bond. A grand jury later indicted both on felony murder, first-degree murder, and attempted especially aggravated robbery; an arraignment was set for December 11, 2018. In August 2019 Stewart pleaded guilty to facilitation of first-degree murder, with sentencing scheduled for August 23, 2019.

If anyone knew James, saw activity on Fisher Place that night, or has information about the case, please share what is known.