16-year-old arrested on murder charge

BY JENNIFER CABRERA

16-year-old Christopher Tywan Knight was arrested today on a warrant for second-degree murder. According to court records, State Attorney Brian Kramer filed a statement on March 3, 2021, that Knight killed Ellis Odom “on or about February 14, 2021… by hitting him in the head multiple times with an aluminum bat.”

Knight is being prosecuted as an adult and is being held on $1 million bail.