Dessie Lewis Seaton IV, a 26-year-old Black man originally from Detroit, was found dead in the kitchen of a unit at Southland Square Apartments on Sevier Avenue in the early hours of January 24, 2020. Knoxville Police discovered he had sustained multiple gunshot wounds, and the Violent Crimes Unit opened a homicide investigation.

Investigators have been working to establish a motive and identify suspects, but no arrests have been announced and no suspects have been publicly named. Seaton’s death was among several fatal shootings in Knoxville in early 2020 that coincided with a rise in gun violence in the city.

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact the Knoxville Police Department — did anyone see or hear anything that night at Southland Square Apartments?