An 18-year-old Knoxville man faces murder charges in the June 2017 killings of two young men in Montgomery Village in what police say was a drug deal gone bad.
Deon N. Nolbert, who was 17 at the time of the homicides, was transferred from juvenile court to face prosecution as an adult in Knox County Criminal Court.
A grand jury this week indicted him on counts of felony murder, first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, especially aggravated robbery and using a firearm during a dangerous felony.
Authorities allege Nolbert and Rico "Little Rico" Cook, then 15, shot three people in a Montgomery Village parking lot.
Investigators say the victims were in a vehicle during a planned drug deal for high-grade marijuana.
One man was found dead in the car, and the other two were lying in the parking lot. One of those later died at the hospital.
The dead were identified as Sergio Rivera, 18, and Jaloen Morris, 18, both of Decatur, Mich. Police believe they traveled from Michigan on Thursday to conduct the drug deal.
Damien Lee, 16, of Knoxville, was shot but suffered non-life threatening injuries.
