Two 25-year-old men, Courtney Deontea Gillette and James Aaron Taylor Jr., were shot to death on May 15, 2017, in a North Knoxville neighborhood on Whittle Springs Road. Taylor was found deceased inside his mother’s home; Gillette’s body was discovered just outside the residence, suggesting the violence moved from indoors to the yard.

Friends and family held a candlelight vigil in the days after the killings. Taylor’s relatives expressed particular anguish that he was killed in his mother’s house while she was asleep. No arrests or suspect identifications have been publicly announced in connection with either homicide.

Whoever has information about what happened that night, or saw activity in the Whittle Springs Road area on May 15, 2017, is asked to come forward.