Jarvis Cole Tate, 29, of Forest City, North Carolina, was pronounced dead at the scene after a fatal shooting on Doggett Road on January 21, 2021. Officers arrived after a 5:35 p.m. call reporting a male pointing a gun and found two men in the front yard with gunshot wounds. Tate was pronounced dead by emergency medical personnel; the other victim, 25-year-old Douglas Cole Suhy, suffered a gunshot to a lower extremity, was treated at Cleveland Regional Medical Center and released shortly afterward.

Rutherford County deputies say it appears Tate and Suhy were directly involved in shooting one another. No arrests had been made and no additional suspects were identified at the time of this report. The Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Division is pursuing leads. If anyone has information, contact Captain Jamie Keever at the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office or call CRIME STOPPERS.