A Jamestown man is facing felony gun charges after deputies say he opened fire on a neighbor traveling along Old Allardt Road Thursday evening, prompting a temporary road closure while officers moved in. Doyle Jones was taken into custody without further incident once he complied with orders to step off the porch of the home where the shots were fired.
According to the WATE 6 On Your Side, deputies were dispatched to the 1300 block of Old Allardt Road after a 911 caller reported that someone was shooting at a neighbor. The Fentress County Sheriff's Office said the man accused of firing the shots was traveling along the road in Jamestown when the confrontation happened Thursday evening. The stretch of road was shut down as a precaution while deputies responded, and it reopened once investigators determined the threat to the public had ended.
Officers Order Jones Off the Porch
Once on scene, deputies and Jamestown Police Department officers worked together to investigate the shooting. The sheriff's office confirmed that shots had in fact been fired before officers instructed Jones to exit the porch of the home. He complied, and he was taken into custody without incident, per the same account. Investigators identified him as the suspect and say the case remains under investigation.
Jones now faces charges of being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm and reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon. He is being held at the Fentress County Sheriff's Office on a $10,000 bond, the outlet reports.
A Familiar Address in County Court Records
This is not the first time the Old Allardt Road address has surfaced in Fentress County court files. In September 2024, a court notice recorded that a suspect named Doyle Jones, residing at 1313 Old Allardt Road in Jamestown, waived a preliminary hearing to the county grand jury on charges that included aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, possession of a firearm while intoxicated, DUI, driving on a suspended license, and open container, according to the Fentress Courier. It is not stated in available records what became of those 2024 charges, including whether they resulted in the felony conviction now underpinning the firearm-possession count.
Under Tennessee Code Annotated § 39-17-1307(b), unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon ranges from a Class E felony punishable by one to six years in prison up to a Class B felony punishable by eight to thirty years if the underlying prior felony involved violence or a deadly weapon, according to N. Cate Law. Separately, reckless endangerment committed with a deadly weapon is classified as a Class E felony under Tennessee Code Annotated § 39-13-103(b)(2), carrying one to six years in prison and fines up to $3,000, per Justia.
Rural County, Recent String of Gun Calls
Jamestown is the county seat of rural Fentress County, a 3.12-square-mile city on the Cumberland Plateau with a recorded population of 1,935 residents as of the 2020 U.S. Census, according to Wikipedia. The Fentress County Sheriff's Office operates out of the county justice center in Jamestown and serves as the primary law enforcement agency across the county's 499 square miles of largely unincorporated territory.
Thursday's incident adds to a run of recent firearm-related emergency calls in the area. In July, the sheriff's office and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation opened a homicide probe after gunfire left one person dead in the nearby Grimsley Hills area. In April, deputies conducted a tense manhunt south of Jamestown for an armed woman, advising nearby residents to lock their doors during containment efforts.
Open questions remain in Thursday's case, including what prior felony conviction underlies the firearm-possession charge, whether any property or vehicles were struck by gunfire, and when Jones is scheduled to make his first court appearance.
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