Justin Blake Beecham, 29, was fatally shot in the early morning hours of October 8, 2019, at a residence on Middlefork Road in Luray, Tennessee. Deputies were dispatched at about 2:09 a.m. for a suspicious person near the carport. While en route, dispatch advised that the homeowner had the individual at gunpoint and then had shot him. When deputies arrived they found homeowner Jason Nobles standing beside Beecham, who had severe facial and head injuries and showed no pulse; three spent shell casings were marked in the driveway near where Beecham lay roughly 24 to 29 feet from the garage doors. Investigators recovered Beecham’s cell phone and the casings; Nobles identified an AR-15 he said he used, which was collected inside the residence with its magazine nearby.

Forensic notes recorded a projectile entering the top of Beecham’s head and exiting his mouth, another entering his lower abdomen and exiting through his left buttock, and a wound around his right knee; investigators did not document recovery of a weapon from Beecham in the provided file. The position of the body, the cartridge casings, the 911 recording, and witness statements are central to determining whether the shooting was legally justified. Does anyone have information about Beecham’s movements that night or heard the 911 call?