UT Student Charged with Attempted Murder after Assault on Campus, Police Say

The University of Tennessee campus (Courtesy: WVLT)

UT Student Charged with Attempted Murder after Assault on Campus, Police Say

Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A University of Tennessee student has been charged with attempted murder after an “altercation” with another student.

Officials with the university’s police department say 19-year-old Michael Francis assaulted another student around 3:00 a.m. Friday morning inside one of UT’s residence halls.

UTPD says the other student, who has not been identified, was taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Francis, who was also charged with criminal trespass, has been booked into the Knox County Regional Jail.

The University of Tennessee campus (Courtesy: WVLT)