MARION COUNTY, Tenn. - A hunting accident in Marion County Thursday involving Monteagle Police Chief Virgil McNeese has left one man dead.

It happened in the Richard City community. According to Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency McNeese accidentally shot his hunting partner, Stanley LaRansey "Ramsay" Whitten.

Whitten was taken to Erlanger, but passed away Friday afternoon.

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