The Great Smoky Mountain Journal
Source:
Posted: Tuesday, January 01, 2019 03:03 PM
Sevierville Man Shot To Death Friday Night, Another Injured
The Sevierville Police Department responded the Hampton Inn on Winfield Dunn Parkway around 11:41 p.m. after receiving a call about a man who appeared to have a medical problem.
The caller said the man had unsuccessfully attempted to enter their car at the Hampton Inn parking lot.
The first officer on scene found James Douglas Moyer, 28, of Piedmont, Alabama, in the parking lot with a gun shot wound to his upper torso.
The officer discovered a second man, Jamie Scott Barron, 27, of Gadsden, Alabama, in a nearby truck with a gunshot wound to his head.
Barron was pronounced dead at LeConte Medical Center, and Moyer was transported to the University of Tennessee Medical Center. His condition is unknown at this time.
A family member told local news outlets that Jamie and his friend were visiting Sevierville for a mini vacation. She said he called his grandmother at 10:20 p.m. and told her they had just finished watching a show.
Apparently Jamie called to tell his grandmother goodnight and to inform her that he would return Sunday to take her to church, "Which he does every Sunday morning. That is the last any of us ever heard from him," the relative told Knoxvlle's WVLT news late Saturday.
Police said they do not believe the public is in danger. The investigation into the incident is ongoing.
