The survivor of a shootout between two men over a fighting rooster on Wednesday is said to be improving, according to Meigs County authorities.
The rooster’s owner, Timothy Johnson, 52, was found dead early Wednesday, lying in the driveway of a home on Moore Cemetery Road in the Ten Mile community, according to Meigs County authorities and Tennessee Bureau of Investigation agents.
Johnson’s nephew, 27-year-old Larry Johnson Jr., also was shot. Authorities found him in a bed inside the house.
Meigs County Chief Deputy Brian Malone said Friday the younger Johnson was last reported in critical condition but he had heard “unofficially” early Friday that he was “doing better.”
Rooster tileThe area where the shooting occurred is along a remote chip-and-tar road about four miles east of Watts Bar Dam.