A father in Coalmont, Tennessee, shot his 24-year-old son dead Friday night in what has initially been described as an act of self defense.
When deputies from the Grundy County Sheriff’s Office got to Dale Nolan’s home on Ranger Creek Road around 8:45 p.m. Friday, they found his son, Stone Nolen, on the living room floor with a single gunshot wound to his upper torso, Sheriff Clint Shrum said in a statement.
Shrum said Stone Nolan had been shot by his 56-year-old father.
Stone Nolan was taken to Emerald Hodgson Hospital in Sewanee, where he was pronounced dead, officials said.
“The preliminary findings in this incident lead us to believe this was a case of self-defense,” Shrum said. “As with any shooting death, we will put together our findings and turn them over to the 12th Judicial District Attorney’s Office for review.”