A family in Parrottsville, Tennessee suffered two deaths in the same early-morning incident on August 25, 2016. Seven-year-old Jayden Ray Norton was found at his home on state Highway 340 North with critical gunshot injuries shortly before 12:50 a.m.; he did not survive. Investigators recovered a handgun from the residence and an autopsy was performed.

Less than an hour later, Jayden’s grandfather, 54-year-old Christopher Allen Russell, who lived at the same address, died in a single-vehicle crash not far from the home. The Tennessee Highway Patrol handled the crash investigation. The Cocke County Sheriff’s Office, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the District Attorney General’s Office all participated in the inquiry.

Authorities concluded the shooting that killed Jayden was accidental, and they determined Russell’s crash was also accidental. No arrests or charges were filed. Did anyone in Parrottsville have information about the household or the events that night?