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Mahlon Tyrone Prater, a 42-year-old Black male, died on the night of November 1, 2019, following a violent altercation in West Knoxville, Tennessee. That evening, at approximately 9:40 p.m., Knoxville Police Department officers responded to a call on the 900 block of Piney Grove Church Road. Upon arrival, they discovered Prater with a head injury, and he was being attended to by emergency medical services.

Prater was urgently transported to the UT Medical Center, but he ultimately succumb ...Read More
Victim Details

Mahlon Tyrone Prater

Male

Black / African American

Knoxville

TN

2019-11-01

42

Mahlon

Tyrone Prater

01/02/2026