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William Ray Tinker Jr., 32, was fatally shot on the evening of June 12, 2018, at a camping area near the Tennessee River at Perkins Bluff in Crump, Tennessee. He and his wife, Abigale Tinker, had been staying at the site for a couple of weeks when a group that included Justin Williams, his wife and their two children arrived so the children could play in the water. A dispute between Tinker and Williams escalated and Williams shot Tinker in the chest with a .30-caliber rifle. Abigale Tinker drove her husband to a nearby restaurant on U.S. 64 seeking help; paramedics later pronounced him dead.

Law enforcement identified Justin Williams as the suspect and arrested him the next morning at his residence on Borden Loop in Crump. Investigators recovered a high-powered rifle believed to be the murder weapon in a shop building on the property. Accounts differ about what triggered the shooting: Williams said Tinker was intoxicated and threatened his wife, while Abigale Tinker said Williams was the aggressor.

Does anyone have information about interactions at Perkins Bluff that night or witnessed the dispute before the shooting?