A duck hunting trip on Reelfoot Lake in Obion County, Tennessee, ended in fatal violence on January 25, 2021. Twenty-five-year-old Zachery Grooms of Union City was in a duck blind with friends Chance Black, 26, and Jeffrey Crabtree when a 70-year-old man identified as David Vowell of Martin approached. A surviving witness says Vowell began a verbal altercation and then opened fire, fatally wounding both Grooms and Black.

Vowell fled the scene and investigators issued warrants charging him with two counts of first-degree murder. A manhunt followed; Vowell’s body was recovered in Reelfoot Lake on January 31, 2021, bringing the search to an end but leaving unanswered questions about motive and the circumstances of his death.

If anyone knew Zachery Grooms, where he hunted, or saw activity on Reelfoot Lake that week, please share information with investigators.