A confrontation at a county waste management facility in Monterey, Tennessee, on Saturday, February 20, 2021, ended with 59-year-old Monterey resident Jimmy Doc Gibson shot and later dying of a gunshot wound. Gibson arrived at the Old Walton Road facility in a white truck accompanied by another person; surveillance video shows Bruce Buckner driving into the facility in a Jeep. The footage and witness statements show Gibson approaching the driver’s side of Buckner’s Jeep, appearing to challenge him, and handling an object later identified as a yellow folding blade knife found next to Gibson’s body.

According to witnesses and the video, Buckner told Gibson to get away; when Gibson lunged toward the vehicle, Buckner — still seated in the Jeep — fired one shot that struck Gibson in the abdomen. Gibson then walked away and collapsed behind a dumpster. After reviewing the surveillance footage, witness interviews, and physical evidence, the 13th Judicial District Attorney’s Office concluded Buckner acted in self-defense and did not file criminal charges.

Did anyone working at or visiting the Old Walton Road facility that day see parts of the encounter not captured on video or have additional information about what led up to the confrontation?