A Sequatchie County man is being held in the Cobb County, Georgia, jail on a fugitive from justice warrant after he allegedly shot his father multiple times at a home in the Cagle Mountain community.
Anthony Peacock Rumbel, 21, is accused of killing his father, Michael Rumbel, 46, at a home on Green Forest Road, Sequatchie County Sheriff Bill Phillips said in an emailed statement.
The shooting occurred around 3:30 p.m. CDT Wednesday. Green Forest Road is about a half mile north of Highway 111.
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“A multistate be-on-the-lookout was issued for Rumbel and his vehicle,” Phillips said of an all-points bulletin issued from Tennessee. “He was captured a short time later in the Marietta, Georgia, area after being spotted by Georgia authorities.”