Two days after allegedly killing his wife, Oliver Scott Cannon remains in a Chattanooga hospital with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Murray County, Ga., Chief Deputy Brian Ingle said the sheriff’s office has received reports that Cannon, 57, will likely survive. If he does, he will face a murder charge.
Ingle said Cannon met his wife, Johnnie Shoemaker Cannon, in the driveway of a home at the corner of Leonard Bridge Road and Highland Way in Chatsworth around 10 a.m. Monday. Neighbors reported he yelled at her. Ingle said investigators believe Cannon fatally shot his wife in the chest with a 9 mm and drove away.
Ingle said the two were separated, but he doesn’t know the history of the dispute. Neither filed for divorce, according to Murray County Superior Court records. There are are no court filings of violent crimes involving either person. Ingle said Johnnie Cannon, 56, was staying in Clinton, Tenn., with friends from the local Church of God.
The shooting occurred within one mile of Spring Place and Coker elementary schools, and Murray County Superintendent Eric McFee put the buildings on lockdown.