A Georgia man has been taken into custody on charges following a fatal shooting incident in Blount County, Tennessee. The Blount County Sheriff's Office reports that on Sunday afternoon, deputies responded to a call at a home on Triple Oak Street in Rockford where they discovered Shelby Williams, a 34-year-old woman from Maryville, who had been shot, as reported by WVLT.
Efforts were made to save Williams' life; deputies performed CPR before the arrival of AMR Ambulance Service medics who then transported her to the University of Tennessee Medical Center, there she was subsequently pronounced dead, WVLT reported. Charles Anthony Scott, a 48-year-old from Tunnel Hill, Georgia, is facing charges of reckless homicide and unlawful possession of a firearm and is currently being held on a $500,000 bond, this follows the tragic sequence of events that led to the shooting, and the law enforcement officials have yet to disclose the details that edged us nearer to this unfortunate precipice of mortality.
The victim is scheduled to undergo an autopsy at the Knox County Regional Forensic Center, according to the Sheriff's Office. Meanwhile, WBIR reports that Charles Scott is expected to appear in court Monday at 1:30 p.m. to face his charges.
The details around the shooting have not been fully disclosed but according to an affidavit obtained by WATE, Charles Scott was purportedly cleaning a gun when it discharged, striking Williams in the chest which was a clear, though devastating, mistake, one that Sheriff James Lee Berrong acknowledged as negligence in the use of a firearm, asserting Scott's actions were performed recklessly. The Sheriff's Office investigation into the matter continues, and they have promised to release further information when it becomes available.
