GREENEVILLE, Tenn. – Divers have pulled a handgun from a pond that police say may be the weapon used to kill an eastern Tennessee police officer.
Greene County Sheriff Steve Burns told The Greeneville Sun that divers found the gun in a pond in Hardin Park late Friday afternoon after getting a tip.
Burns says the weapon may be the one used Wednesday to shoot and kill 46-year-old Greeneville Police Sgt. Roger Self.
Self’s son, 18-year-old Ethan Alexander Self, was charged on Thursday night after an investigation into the fatal shooting Sgt. Self.
Ethan Self pleaded not guilty Friday morning and was being held in the Greene County Detention Center in lieu of a $500,000 bond. A preliminary hearing is set for April 14.