We’ve seen the video and heard the stories.  Sources say that a man, possibly mentally disturbed, was in the street of downtown Crossville and close to the War Memorial Park acting erratically when three other men approached him. Once the other men approached the ‘erratic’ man it was clear there was a confrontation – right in the middle of Main Street. One of the men seems to be struck by the ‘erratic’ man and leaves the scene, walks across Main Street to the other side and retrieves a pistol.  That man then walks purposely across Main street back to where the ‘erratic’ man was jumping around two other men as if wanting to fight them, raises his gun and shoots the ‘erratic’ man in the head who drops to the pavement. We’ve heard the victim was a veteran – he seems to have a prosthetic leg.  We’ve also heard the other men in the video are also veterans and were upset that the ‘erratic’ man was making obscene hand gestures toward the flags in the War Memorial Park.

The shooting was investigated into the night by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation – closing Main Street down for five hours. Due to the process of TBI and police we may never hear the true story of what happened on Main Street Crossville. From the video it is clear the shooting was nothing more than a murder – the other men, including the shooter, could have walked away from the confrontation with no one being killed. We believe one man has been arrested by the Crossville Police.