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Do you know who murdered Brendon Layne in 2018?
In the summer of 2018, the life of Brendon Layne, a 28-year-old Black man, was cut short in Knoxville, Tennessee. On the night of July 2nd, officers responded to a call in the Western Heights neighborhood and found Layne deceased from a gunshot wound. He was discovered on the street, behind his vehicle, in a community grappling with the sudden violence.

In the immediate aftermath of the shooting, the Knoxville Police Department began an intensive investigation. Their initial efforts led t ...Read More
Victim Details

Brendon Layne

November 15, 2022

Male

Black / African American

Knoxville

TN

2018-07-02

28

Brendon

Layne

01/05/2026


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