On the morning of July 28, 2019, 24-year-old Dion Mikeil Glass was found with gunshot wounds in a parking lot at Wilson Avenue and Harrison Street in East Knoxville. Knoxville Police Department officers discovered him shortly after 5 a.m.; he was taken to UT Medical Center and later died of his injuries. The case was classified as a homicide.

Glass, born December 31, 1994, graduated from Austin East High School in 2014 and worked for D & S Community. He grew up at Mount Moriah FBH Church and was remembered as a soft-hearted, self-taught drummer who often FaceTimed his mother and was close to his brother. KPD’s Violent Crimes Unit has said investigators have very little information and there have been no arrests or publicly identified suspects. East Tennessee Valley Crime Stoppers continues to seek leads.

If anyone saw activity near Wilson Avenue and Harrison Street that morning or has information about Dion’s death, please contact KPD or Crime Stoppers.