GREENEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A juvenile has been charged in connection with a double homicide in Tennessee, officials said.
Charges were filed on Monday against the minor in the deaths of Sherry Cole, 59, and her grandson, Jessie Allen, 7, at a home in Greene County, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said in a statement. Deputies were called to the home just before midnight on Sunday and found the pair dead at the scene, the statement said.
As authorities investigated, a juvenile was identified as a possible suspect, the bureau said.
The agency did not immediately release further information.
Prosecutor Dan E. Armstrong told The Greeneville Sun that a male suspect has been charged with offenses related to the deaths, but he declined to comment further, citing the boy’s age.