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KCSO: Hansard is in custody, accused of first degree murder in South Knox Co. shooting

Bobby A. Hansard, 24, was taken into custody around 10 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 4.

The Knox County Sheriff's Office reported that Bobby A. Hansard, 24, was taken into custody around 10 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 4.

Investigators issued a first-degree murder warrant for the Sevier County man, who was accused in the deadly South Knox County shooting on Wednesday, Oct. 31.

The shooting left Bryson McGrotha dead at a residence off Smith Lane earlier this week and wounded another person, according to KCSO.

KCSO detectives took Sevier County resident Joseph Dallas Bellew, 21, into custody on Nov. 3.

Hansard was taken to the Roger D. Wilson detention facility. Bond has been set at $1 million.

According to an arrest warrant, Bellew admitted he and Hansard went to a home to conduct a $1,000 drug deal. While there, Bellew and Hansard were reportedly robbed. They went to a home on Smith lane to tell them of the robbery and that the person that robbed them was on the way to purchase heroin.

When they arrived, the warrant states Hansard began firing and saw McGrotha fall to the ground and they fled.

The vehicle investigators were searching for on Nov. 1 was described as a 4-door, maroon sedan. The vehicle was located Saturday, Nov. 3, according to KCSO.

According to dispatch, a call for a shooting came in at 12:30 p.m. Oct. 31. When deputies arrived, they found one victim with fatal injuries. The second victim was transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

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