Fifteen-year-old Jamarion Lil Dada Gillette was found with a gunshot wound on Cherokee Trail in south Knoxville on March 9, 2021. A passerby transported him to the University of Tennessee Medical Center; he died in the early hours of March 10. He had attended Austin-East High School and was known to family and friends for a bright personality and an interest in music, aspiring to be a rapper.

The Knoxville Police Department opened a homicide investigation but the specific circumstances of the shooting remain unclear. Police appealed to the public for any information that could identify the person or persons responsible.

If anyone saw or heard anything on Cherokee Trail that night or knew Jamarion’s routine or associates, please come forward with information.