Authorities say the suspect in a shooting this weekend confessed to killing his neighbor.
Donald Hunter, 45, was charged with second-degree murder and is being held in Meigs County jail on a $100,000 bond, Meigs County Detective Scotty Wiggins said.
On Sunday evening, Meigs County Sheriff’s deputies responded to an emergency call and found Rodney Teffeteller, 35, dead at his home in Ten Mile, Tenn., Detective Wiggins said.
After interviewing a witness, deputies found Mr. Hunter inside his house a few residents down with a shotgun and empty shotgun casing on his porch, Detective Wiggins said.
Mr. Hunter admitted on tape that he had shot and killed Mr. Hunter, the detective said.