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One charged in shooting at gas station near Downtown Knoxville

By Hope McAlee,

1 day ago

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The Knoxville Police Department is investigating a shooting that happened at a gas station on Summit Hill Drive Saturday.

According to KPD, the shooting happened Saturday afternoon in the parking lot of a Shell convenience store on Summit Hill Drive. Based on detectives’ preliminary investigation, Knoxville police said it appears that two men got into an altercation and shots were fired.

One man was struck in the leg. He was taken to UT Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries.

Dereke Upton, 23, was charged with aggravated assault in connection with the shooting. He was taken into custody at a home on Laurans Avenue on Saturday evening while investigators were following up on investigative leads.

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