VICTIM AND SUSPECT IDENTIFIED IN DEADLY LOUDON COUNTY SHOOTING HOMICIDE
Loudon County Sheriff's Office:
LENOIR CITY, TENNESSEE - Loudon County Sheriff Tim Guider and Criminal Investigators are releasing more information on yesterday’s deadly shooting that left a man dead on Tinnel Lane in North Loudon County.
The male victim has been identified as Christopher C. Watson, 34 years of age, of Lenoir City.
The man suspected of shooting Watson has been identified as John D. Dixon, Jr., 41 years of age, also from Lenoir City.
A female who was with Dixon when he was captured was one of the two individuals initially detained for investigation but she has since been cleared as a witness only and released.
Official charges, including that of murder, are expected to be placed on Dixon later today.