KNOXVILLE, Tenn. ( WATE ) — Two suspects have been charged in Knoxville for possession as well as crimes related to a shooting in Alabama, an arrest warrant out of Georgia, with additional charges that are pending, according to the Knoxville Police Department.
The two men, identified as Abdul Khalil’Llah , 26 of Anniston, Alabama and Varrenzo Bradford , 26 of Statham, Georgia, were detained by KPD on Monday, Oct. 28, 2024 amid an investigation by KPD’s Organized Crime Unit (OCU), which executed a search warrant at an Airbnb where the two were spotted.
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OCU investigators had received information prior to Monday’s search that Khalil’Llah, who was believed to be involved in a shooting in Alabama, was in the Knoxville area. Khalil’Llah was also wanted out of Georgia for failure to appear on a previous charge for felon in possession of a weapon, OCU detectives learned.
The OCU detectives tracked Khalil’Llah to an Airbnb in the 100 block of Greenbrier Drive on Monday, according to KPD, where he was observed entering a vehicle with another man, identified as Bradford, and leaving. The vehicle was stopped in a parking lot near S. Northshore Drive and Baum Drive, where Khalil’Llah and Bradford were detained.