Joey Allen Pughs
Cumberland home invasion killingA 20-year-old man is dead after the victim in a Cumberland County home invasion fired several shots at his two assailants, fatally striking one of them, authorities said.
On Tuesday, Cumberland authorities and Tennessee Bureau of Investigation agents found the victim of a home invasion, who is unnamed by authorities so far, with “multiple abrasions and lacerations” after he made a 911 call about 11 a.m. The victim lived on Arthur Seagroves Road in the Pleasant Hill community between Crossville and Sparta, according to Cumberland County Chief Investigator Casey Cox.
The man told police that two men “had forcefully entered his residence and began assaulting him,” Cox said. The homeowner had a .22-caliber pistol in his pocket and managed to get off three shots during the assault, he said.
“It was pretty much a two-on-one,” Cox said. The victim “was being choked and he was able to retrieve his handgun and he fired off three rounds,” he said.
Authorities later found Putnam County resident Jacob Andrew Clark dead of a gunshot wound to his chest a short distance from the home, police said.