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Kayla Viars

Case from Knoxville, TN dated Jan 01, 2018

Victim Details

Kayla Viars

Female

White / Caucasian

Knoxville

TN

2018-01-01

27

Kayla

Viars

06/30/2026

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On New Year's Day in 2018, the life of 27-year-old Kayla Viars of Loudon, Tennessee, was tragically cut short. Just after midnight, Viars was riding in a car near Market Square in downtown Knoxville with two other individuals, Dominick Brown and Marques 'Polo' Wheeler.

According to a witness, Wheeler, who was in the backseat, began playing with a. 22 caliber handgun. The weapon accidentally discharged, and a single bullet struck Viars in the back as she sat in the front passenger seat. Fo ...
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  • wbir.com: New Year's Day shooting homicide in Knoxville accidental, according to records
  • WATE: Woman killed on New Year's Day accidentally shot in back
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    I was reading about the tragic case involving Kayla Viars, and something that stand... ...Read More
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    Does anyone else find it super sketchy that Dominick Michael Brown didn't stick around at the hospit... ...Read More
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