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SEVIERVILLE â A grand jury will review first-degree murder charges against a Sevierville man accused of killing his mother after Judge Dwight Stokes found there was sufficient evidence he acted with premeditation.
The manhunt for Josh Carr put the community on edge last year, after news spread that he was accused of killing his mother on Sept. 2, 2020, even as his grandmother tried to stop him. He was arrested two days later in Michigan, and he has been in the Sevier County Jail since he was brought back to face the charges.
Carr, 31, was wearing a suit and tie for his preliminary hearing Thursday afternoon.
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DaShawn Bonner had been charged with assault after the incident. He is serving a 30-day suspended sentence.
Sevierville Police said Bonner initially shoved 66-year-old Pedro Ngayan, of Pigeon Forge, during a confrontation inside the store. Bonnerâs father was also present during the incident.
Ngayan drew a handgun at that point, and both Bonner and his father fled. However, police said Ngayan followed Bonner and cornered him in the storeâs vision center. At that point, Bonner drew a gun of his own and Ngayan fled.
Bonner agreed to surrender his gun as part of the plea agreement.
Witnesses called in the incident to 911 as an active shooter, but Sevierville Police later determined neither man discharged their gun inside the store.
SEVIERVILLE — TBI is investigating after an inmate died Thursday at the Sevier County Jail, and the man’s mother said she is still waiting on details about how he died.