KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — UPDATE 11 AM WEDNESDAY: A Knoxville woman faces a June 3 preliminary hearing in the shooting death Tuesday of her sister.
Dayeshia Hall, 32, is charged with voluntary manslaughter and reckless endangerment among other charges, records show.
The shooting happened about 4:15 p.m. outside a house on Sunset Avenue, according to the Knoxville Police Department.
"What started as an argument among family and friends escalated to gun violence when the suspect went to her vehicle and retrieved her personal firearm," warrants state.
Hall "waved the gun in the area" and fired a shot over a vehicle near where a witness stood.
A second round hit Hall's sister, "causing catastrophic injury resulting in death," warrants state.
Hall is due June 3 in Knox County General Sessions Court.
PREVIOUS STORY: The Knoxville Police Department said that one woman was dead after a shooting on Sunset Avenue in East Knoxville. They also said that the suspect in the shooting was in custody.
At around 4:15 p.m. officials said officers responded to calls about a shooting at 2924 Sunset Avenue. When police arrived, they found a woman in the front yard with at least one gunshot wound. She was transported to the University of Tennessee Medical Center and was taken to emergency surgery.
She was later pronounced dead around 6:45 p.m.
An investigation determined that the shooting happened during a domestic altercation and that the suspect drove away after the incident.
The suspect later turned herself in to investigators with the Violent Crimes Unit, according to police. Police said that Dayeshia Hall, 32, is the sister of the victim and has been charged with voluntary manslaughter, employing a firearm during a dangerous felony and reckless endangerment.
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The Knoxville Police Department said a woman was taken to the hospital Tuesday after she was wounded in an East Knoxville shooting.
KPD officers initially responded to a domestic disturbance and found the woman wounded in her front yard. Her condition was unknown as of 5:30 p.m. Tuesday
According to KPD, the call came in shortly after 4 p.m. on Sunset Avenue.
No other details were available.
This story is developing and will be updated.