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Funeral set for Saturday for Zaevion Dobson

(KNOXVILLE) Visitation and the funeral for the 15-year-old Fulton High School student shot and killed shielding young friends last week in what's thought to be a gang-related incident are set for Saturday.

Zaevion Dobson, Fulton High School

(KNOXVILLE) Visitation and the funeral for the 15-year-old Fulton High School student shot and killed shielding young friends last week in what's thought to be a gang-related incident are set for Saturday.

The family of Zaevion Dobson will receive friends 11:00 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. at Overcoming Believers Church, 211 Harriet Tubman St. in East Knoxville.

Dobson''s services will immediately follow. Burial will be at New Gray Cemetery in Knoxville.

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Dobson was a sophomore at Fulton who also played on the Falcons football team.

Dobson was was one of two people killed late Thursday and early Friday in what police believe were related killings.

Police are looking for two men - George M. Rashaad, 20, and Kipling D. Colbert Jr., 20 - who they say may have information about suspects involved in the shootings.

Anyone who knows their whereabouts is asked to call the Knoxville Police Department's crime information line at 865-215-7212.

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