A long-standing family problem is believed to have been the motivation for a shooting at the Johns Manville Industrial Plant outside of Etowah, Tenn., on Tuesday, authorities said.
Danny C. ThompsonDanny C. Thompson, who lives on County Farm Road near Madisonville, allegedly entered the plant about 4 p.m. and fired a handgun at Richard Garren, a contractor employee, McMinn County Sheriff Joe Guy said in a news release.
Guy said no one was injured.
Thompson left the plant in a Toyota SUV, which deputies soon located at his home, Guy said.
Detective Blake Witt called Thompson, who agreed to surrender himself to the sheriff’s officers. They recovered the firearm thought to have been used in the incident, a 45/410 caliber Judge revolver, and the spent shell.