Knoxville Police Department detectives are investigating a shooting that happened early Thursday morning in the area of E. Magnolia Avenue and Morgan Street.

At around 6:15 a.m. on Thursday, January 23, 2025, KPD officers responded to 200 E. Magnolia Avenue, where 43-year-old Travis Bullock had been shot. Bullock was transported to the UT Medical Center with injuries that are not expected to be life threatening.

The investigation revealed that Bullock smashed out the window of a car with a golf club near Knox Rail Salvage. A 24-year-old man heard the car window being smashed and confronted Bullock. Bullock then allegedly struck the man who intervened in the vehicle burglary with the golf club, and the man then shot Bullock.

Bullock ran from the area after he was shot but was detained by officers a short distance away from the scene of the shooting.

Charges are pending on Bullock related to the vehicle burglary and assault on the individual who shot him. That individual is fully cooperating with the investigation, which remains ongoing at this time.