A fatal confrontation inside a North Knoxville home on Chesswood Drive left 47-year-old Benjamin Vellines dead in the early hours of January 22, 2024. Knoxville Police Officers answered a report of a shooting about 2:50 a.m. and found Vellines with at least one gunshot wound; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police say the shooting followed an altercation between Vellines and another man known to him. That man was detained at the residence and taken in for questioning, and officers recovered two firearms from the home. The Knoxville Police Department communicated with the Knox County District Attorney’s Office, but no charges have been announced and authorities have released no further details about the person questioned or any motive.

What did neighbors or anyone who knew Benjamin notice about his movements or who he associated with in North Knoxville that night?