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Antoine Manro Watkins

Case from Knoxville, TN dated Nov 23, 2008

Victim Details

Antoine Manro Watkins

Male

Black / African American

Knoxville

TN

2008-11-23

27

Antoine

Manro Watkins

07/12/2026

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In the brisk autumn of 2008, the life of 27-year-old Antoine Manro Watkins, a Black male, was cut short in Knoxville, Tennessee. On the night of November 23rd, he was discovered in a back bedroom of a house on Selma Avenue, having suffered from multiple gunshot wounds. His death marked another grim statistic in what was a particularly violent period for the city, adding to a string of unsolved violent crimes.

The investigation into Watkins's murder was fraught with challenges from the out ...
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  • Antoine Manro Watkins, age 27 - National Gun Violence Memorial
  • Is shooting on Selma Ave. related to death of Nola Atkins? - Home
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