Ooltewah shooting suspect said victim was going to kill him and had ‘a demon in him’

Tyler Reid

The suspect in Tuesday’s Ooltewah shooting allegedly said the victim had “a demon in him” and that he was afraid the victim was going to kill him, court records show.

Tyler Reid, 21, is accused of shooting and seriously injuring a 24-year-old man. The man’s condition is not known at this time.

Sheriff’s deputies were called to the home in the 9000 block of Heatherloch Lane just before 2 a.m. Tuesday. There they encountered Reid, who was sitting on a couch with his hands up, according to Hamilton County court records.

“I did it. I did it. I shot him,” he told deputies, who were trying to find where the victim was.

They found the victim, who was unresponsive but appeared to be breathing, lying on a bed in a back bedroom with his head wrapped in blood-soaked towels. A woman was holding the towels to the man’s head in an attempt to stop the bleeding.