On the night of January 24, 1998, Phillip Delantia Wilkerson Jr., 22, and his friend Emanuel Oliver Wykle, 25, were both fatally shot near the Club Royal at 2111 McCalla Avenue in Knoxville, Tennessee. Both deaths are recorded as unsolved murders.

The specific circumstances leading up to the shooting are not publicly known, and the Knoxville Police Department had not identified suspects or made arrests. The killings remain a cold case, leaving family and friends without answers.

Anyone who remembers that night, saw activity near the Club Royal, or has information about either man’s movements before the shooting is asked to come forward.