Just after midnight on October 12, 2020, officers in Knoxville responded to the 1900 block of Texas Avenue, near the Lonsdale Homes apartments, after a Chrysler 300 had struck a parked Ford Expedition. Inside the Chrysler was 26-year-old Demario Lowery, a Black male from Detroit, Michigan, who had suffered fatal gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators determined Lowery had been shot before the crash.

A witness reported seeing a Black male in red shorts and a white shirt running away from the vehicle before police arrived. The family’s loss remains unresolved and the case is described as active and ongoing.

If anyone has information about what happened that night or about the person seen fleeing, please come forward to assist the investigation.