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A custody exchange at a Pilot gas station in White Pine, Tennessee, on January 3, 2022, ended in fatal violence. During the scheduled transfer of 16-year-old Teagan Welch, shots were fired; Christopher Welch, 48, was pronounced dead at the scene and Rev. Kenneth Kenny Cook, 58, and Teagan were critically wounded and later died in hospital. A fourth family member was present and unharmed.

Rev. Kenny Cook served as pastor of Mosheim Church of God and had been in the U.S. Air Force. Teagan Welch was a student at Greeneville High School; Christopher Welch was also a veteran. The White Pine Police Department, with assistance from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, described the case as complex and said investigators were working to determine the sequence of events and who fired the fatal shots.

No public arrest announcements or identification of a primary suspect had been made as of late 2022. Does anyone have information about that custody exchange or saw what happened at the Pilot that day?