On the evening of February 28, 2025, Antonio Middlebrooks, 41, of Detroit, Michigan, was found dead in a disabled vehicle in Knoxville, Tennessee. Knoxville Police responded about 7:30 p.m. near Riverside Drive and Dandridge Avenue and discovered Middlebrooks in the passenger seat with at least one gunshot wound.

Police say multiple shots were fired from another vehicle into the car occupied by Middlebrooks and that the suspect vehicle fled the scene. The Homicide Unit described the shooting as not believed to be random; motive remains under investigation. By early March 2025 no arrests had been reported and the investigation was active. A cash reward is being offered for information through East Tennessee Valley Crime Stoppers.

Anyone who knew Middlebrooks or who has information about the shooting is asked to contact East Tennessee Valley Crime Stoppers.