Peyton Webb Gates, an 18-year-old white male from Huntingdon, Tennessee, was found on April 30, 2016, in an apartment at the Hunter Ridge Apartments with a gunshot wound to the head. A .38 Smith & Wesson revolver lay next to him. He was taken first to Baptist Memorial Hospital and later transferred to Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville, where he was pronounced dead.

Investigators from the Huntingdon Police Department and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation examined the case. The inquiry concluded the gunshot was self-inflicted and accidental, a finding confirmed by the State Medical Examiner’s autopsy. No arrests were made and no suspects were sought.

Peyton worked as a floor technician at Baptist Memorial Hospital, was involved with the West Tennessee Car Club and the Westport Church of Christ, and is survived by his parents and brothers. Does anyone in the community have information about Peyton’s last days or the circumstances at the Hunter Ridge Apartments?