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Member of home invasion team killed
A female decoy for a pair of heavily armed home-invasion robbers was shot dead early Saturday morning outside the West Hamblen County home of a family featured on a television reality show, authorities say.Hamblen County Sheriff Esco Jarnagin described the dead woman as a 29-year-old white female who lived in Knoxville. She has been identified as Holly Ann Repasky. Saturday afternoon, Jarnagin declined to release the woman's identity, but added he considers the fatal shooting in the Timbercrest subdivision to be a clear-cut case of justifiable homicide. Scott Knight, who lives with his family on Rustic Circle, survived an assault-weapon barrage uninjured and fired the shot that killed the woman, according to Jarnagin. The sheriff says the possibility exists that Knight hit one or both of the home-invasion robbers, but they escaped from the scene and continued to avoid arrest Saturday afternoon. The sheriff described them as black males. They made their getaway in a white compact vehicle that may be missing one hubcap. The Knights were featured on The World's Strictest Parents,' a Country Music Television reality show on which hard-to-handle teens lived in their home. Mr. Knight's wife, Penny, is a probation officer for the Hamblen County Juvenile Court system, and the Knights have taken in troubled teens as foster children for several years. The sheriff says detectives are considering all possible leads, including whether the Knights' appearance on the television show made them targets, as well as grudges that emerged through Mrs. Knight's job and fouled relationships with former foster children. The series of events that led to the shooting began around 1:30 a.m. when the woman appeared at the Knight's front door, falsely saying she was having car trouble and needed help, according to Jarnagin. Mr. Knight was suspicious about the complaint and retrieved his handgun before asking further about the specific nature of the problem. When Knight returned to the front door, the two black males attempted to force their way inside, Jarnagin said Saturday afternoon. When Knight resisted the intrusion, one or both of the men opened fire with assault weapons, the sheriff said. The pair fled after their female accomplice was killed. Scott Knight is to be commended for a job well done in protecting himself and his family because the law does provide that a man has a right to protect his home,' Jarnagin said. The sheriff says Hamblen County detectives recovered several large-caliber gun casings that matched numerous bullet holes in the Knights' home. Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-05-09 |
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