70-Year-Old Armed And Dangerous Tennessee Man Wanted For Fatal Shooting Of 2 Hunters Gun Photo: Pixabay
Police said the person of interest, David Vowell, was armed and dangerous
Deputies were interrogating an eyewitness for more information
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) is looking for an armed and dangerous 70-year-old man in connection with the fatal shooting of two hunters at a state lake early Monday morning.
Chance Black, 26, and Zachery Grooms, 25, both of Weakley County were shot dead at Reelfoot Lake in the northwest corner of Tennessee. The TBI determined David Vowell of Martin was the person of interest in the double murder.
A national manhunt is over after a Tennessee man suspected of killing two duck hunters last week was found dead over the weekend.
Just after 3 p.m. Saturday, investigators found the body of 70-year-old David Vowell of Martin, Tenn., at Reelfoot Lake. Vowell’s body was found near where the earlier incident occurred.
Killed last Monday from a duck blind were 27-year-old Chance Black and 26-year-old Zachery Grooms. Both men were from Tennessee. A motive for the shootings has not been reported.
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OBION COUNTY, Tenn. The manhunt for a 70-year-old suspect in the murders of two duck hunters ended Saturday afternoon after the man’s body was found in a Tennessee lake, investigators said.
David Vowell, of Martin, Tenn., had been considered armed and dangerous.
His body was discovered around 3 p.m. in the murky waters of Reelfoot Lake in Obion County, near the original crime scene where Chance Black, 26, and Zachary Grooms, 25, were shot Monday, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said.
Investigators said an autopsy was planned to determine the cause of death.
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Authorities Find the Body of David Vowell, the 70-Year-Old Tennessee Man Accused of Killing Two Duck Hunters on Reelfoot Lake After a week-long manhunt, investigators discover the wanted man’s body near the site of the murders January 31, 2021 SHARE
Yesterday afternoon investigators recovered the body of David Vowell, the 70-year-old Tennessee man wanted in connection with the death of two duck hunters on Reelfoot Lake. Authorities found Vowell in the water “near the area of the incident.”
BREAKING UPDATE: The body of David Vowell has been recovered in the waters of Reelfoot Lake. He was located around 3 p.m., today, near the area of the incident. His identity has been confirmed and an autopsy will be performed. pic.twitter.com/OIGCOOXkJZ Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (@TBInvestigation) January 31, 2021
Updated: 10:08 AM PST, February 01, 2021
David Vowell, 70, had been charged with murdering two duck hunters and was considered armed and dangerous. His body was found over the weekend in a swamp, authorities said.
The body of 70-year-old David Vowell, a murder suspect considered armed and dangerous, was found over the weekend not far from where two duck hunters were shot to death in rural Tennessee, authorities said.
A massive search had been underway for Vowell in the Reelfoot Lake area of Obion County. He had been charged with first-degree murder in last week s shooting deaths of Chance Black, 26, and Zachary Grooms, 25, according to arrest warrants.