Event Brief
KPD: Husband arrested after woman found dead
Filed: May 24, 2026 at 9:00 AM ET
Summary: Knoxville Police arrested Shervon Johnson for his wife’s death after officers found her dead in a Jefferson Ave backyard.
WHO: Shervon Johnson, 53; Knoxville Police Department
WHAT: Arrested on charges including second-degree murder and convicted felon in possession of a weapon
WHEN: May 24, 2026 at 8:20 AM ET
WHERE: 2700 block of Jefferson Avenue, Knoxville, Tennessee; later location on Ball Camp Road
WHY: Officers found the woman dead in a backyard from an apparent gunshot and used the investigation, including security footage, to arrest Johnson for murder.
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