FAIRFIELD GLADE, Tenn. — A man is facing first-degree murder and two counts of attempted first-degree murder after state investigators said he shot three people in Fairfield Glade on Friday.
Tony Davenport, 57, of Cumberland County was arrested in connection with a March 18 shooting at 24 Grouse Court in Fairfield Glade, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.
According to an affidavit filed in the General Sessions Court of Cumberland County by a TBI agent, one of the victims said Davenport fired several rounds through the front door of the home "knowing that the residence was occupied." The agent said Davenport hit three people inside: Jacob Lewis, Florence Easterly and Corey Hillsman.
Lewis, 23, was pronounced dead on the scene. The two other victims were flown to the University of Tennessee Medical Center for treatment.
After investigating, officials gathered information that identified Davenport as a neighbor and suspect, the TBI said. Authorities said they arrested him at his home.
Records show Davenport was also charged with unlawful possession of a firearm. Court documents show he is being held at the Cumberland County Jail on bonds totaling $2.5 million and is scheduled to initially appear in court on April 11, 2022, at 8:30 a.m.
In 2003, court documents filed in the Cumberland County Criminal Court show Davenport and another man had been accused of first-degree murder and several assault charges in the death of John Everett Roberts.
According to documents, police responded to Brentwood Apartments in Crossville on July 10, 2003, for a fight in progress. Police said they found Roberts unresponsive, who was later pronounced dead at the Cumberland Medical Center emergency room. According to police and the TBI, Roberts had been beaten to death -- and Davenport had been involved and initially accused of second-degree murder before a grand jury indicted him for first-degree murder.
Court documents showed Davenport later pleaded guilty to aggravated assault in 2004 and received six years of probation, and the murder charge and most of the other assault charges were dropped.