Two North Knoxville shooting and crash cases are now in the hands of a Knox County grand jury, after a December incident that left one woman dead and another seriously wounded. Prosecutors say brothers Jamarcus Murphy, 20, and Jamahus Murphy, 18, were arrested after investigators used surveillance footage to track a vehicle tied to the violence. Sending the cases to the grand jury is the next step on the road toward possible indictments as authorities work to lock in exactly how the chaos unfolded.
According to the Knoxville Police Department, officers responded around 4:45 p.m. on Dec. 5 to reports of gunfire near W. Oldham Avenue and Worth Street and found a vehicle that had tumbled down an embankment with two women inside. One passenger, later identified as Angela Taylor, was unresponsive at the scene and later died. The Regional Forensic Center determined she died from blunt-force trauma caused by the crash. The driver had been shot and was rushed to UT Medical Center with serious injuries.
As reported by WVLT, detectives say surveillance video from the area helped them zero in on a black Honda Accord, which officers later spotted parked at the Kroger on Clinton Highway. Police detained both brothers that evening. After interviews, investigators charged each with attempted first-degree murder, while Jamahus also picked up a weapons charge. Detectives noted that more counts could follow in connection with Taylor’s death…