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Rocky Top man dies after shooting described as accidental

Posted at 11:04 am December 31, 2014
By John Huotari 1 Comment

Anderson County Sheriff Patch

A Rocky Top man died in what was reported to be an accidental shooting on Dutch Valley Road in Anderson County on Tuesday night, authorities said.

Christopher Scott Cody Bunch, 23, was unresponsive and lying on the floor with a gunshot wound to the chest when Anderson County Sheriff’s Department deputies responded to a home on Dutch Valley Road at about 9:57 p.m. Tuesday, an incident report said. A neighbor who is certified in first aid and had been called over was sitting next to Bunch holding a towel on the wound, the report said.

Paramedics responded and tried to save Bunch, but he was pronounced dead just after 10 p.m., the report said.

Joseph Eric McClane, of Clinton, told Anderson County Sheriff’s Department Deputy Joshua A. Humphrey that he accidentally shot Bunch, his friend, the report said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Police and Fire, Police and Fire, Slider, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County, Anderson County Sheriff's Department, Christopher Scott Cody Bunch, Dutch Valley Road, Joseph Eric McClane, Joshua A. Humphrey, shooting

Sheriff’s Department investigates fire that destroyed empty Briceville home

Posted at 2:20 pm November 24, 2014
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

The Anderson County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a Saturday night fire that destroyed an empty house in Briceville that had been the target of thieves, authorities said.

The fire at 230 Brown Flats Lane was reported at about 11:36 p.m. Saturday.

John L. Brown, the victim, who lives at a separate address on Brown Flats Lane, said the empty house was his parents’ old home, and there have recently been several thefts there, Anderson County Sheriff’s Department Deputy Joshua A. Humphrey said in an incident report. In one of those thefts, someone stole all the copper, and there was no electricity at the home, Brown told Humphrey. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County Sheriff's Department, arson, Briceville, Briceville Volunteer Fire Department, Brown Flats Lane, fire, James Wilson, John L. Brown, John Tyler Brown, Joshua A. Humphrey

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