An argument between two teenagers in East Knoxville on the evening of Thursday, February 1, 2024, ended in a fatal shooting. Eighteen-year-old Apollo Cannida was found with at least one gunshot wound in an alley behind a mortuary near North Hembree Street and Linden Avenue. First responders arrived about 5:55 p.m.; Cannida was transported to a hospital and later pronounced dead.

Knoxville Police detectives identified nineteen-year-old Makah Logan as the suspect. Investigators say a verbal dispute between Cannida and Logan escalated to the shooting, and Logan fled the scene after the incident. He was located and arrested that same evening at about 10:50 p.m. at a residence on Kirkwood Street and charged with first-degree murder. The case is now proceeding through the criminal justice system.

If anyone witnessed the altercation or has information about what happened in the alley behind the mortuary, please share what you know.