One dead, another hurt in shootings at a gas station near downtown Knoxville

One person died and another was hurt in a shooting in the parking lot of a gas station near downtown Knoxville. Two women were arrested. Knoxville police say a fight occurred at about 5 a.m. Sept. 19 outside the Shell station on Summit Hill Drive. Lerisha Williams, 45, was beating a woman with a han

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One person died and another was hurt in a shooting in the parking lot of a gas station near downtown Knoxville. Two women were arrested.

Knoxville police say a fight occurred at about 5 a.m. Sept. 19 outside the Shell station on Summit Hill Drive. Lerisha Williams, 45, was beating a woman with a handgun when it went off and hit the victim in the chest, according to court records. The person who was shot was taken to a hospital and died, police said.

Williams was charged with reckless homicide.

Another person was shot in the fight, and had what appeared to be nonlife-threatening injuries to their head, police said. Court records show a 22-year-old woman shot at their car as they drove away from the gas station, and faces two counts of attempted

murder.

This article originally appeared on Knoxville News Sentinel: One dead, another hurt in shootings at a gas station near downtown Knoxville