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From: "Peters, Kevin"
Date:05/16/2014 1:07 AM (GMT-05:00)
To: "'jcpdnews@johnsoncitytn.org'"
Cc: "Adams, Justin"
Subject: Press Release (Murder Investigation)
JCPD NEWS RELEASE
SUBJECT: | Murder Investigation | DATE: | 5/16/14 | TIME: | 0110 |
PREPARED BY: | Inv. Justin Adams | APPROVED BY: | Sgt. Kevin Peters | ||
On May 15, 2014, at approximately 6:00 p.m., officers of the Johnson City Police Department responded to 2700 W. Market Street, Johnson City, Tennessee (Johnson Inn) in reference to shots fired in a vehicle in the parking lot. Upon arriving, officers found a white Ford Windstar van sitting in the front parking lot area and a white male slumped over the center console of the vehicle bleeding profusely. A closer look determined that the male subject, identified as a Casey Jones, 5/20/1991 of 608 N. Barton Street, Johnson City had been shot once in the head causing him to die as a result of this injury.
Officers identified witnesses and developed a suspect in the case. After releasing a detailed description to patrol units, the suspect identified as a Coty Bishop, 6/11/1995 of 316 Littleton Road, Jonesborough, Tennessee was apprehended. After determining that Bishop and Jones had been into an altercation and as a result, Bishop discharged a firearm in the direction towards Jones, Coty Bishop was charged with one count of Second Degree Murder and with one count of Tampering with Evidence and booked into the Washington County Detention Center in lieu of a $150,000.00 bond. Bishop will be arraigned in the General Sessions Court of Washington County on May 16, 2014 at 1:30 p.m.
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