Ricky J. Charles, a 52-year-old Caucasian man, was shot to death in his County Road 208 home near Athens, Tennessee, on the night of Wednesday, April 27, 2016. Neighbors described a volatile relationship between Charles and his live-in girlfriend, Angie Branham; deputies had been called to the residence multiple times for disputes, some involving violence and some involving theft.

According to witnesses, an argument between Charles and Branham escalated into a physical fight while Branham’s 19-year-old son, Triston Stephens, was in the home. Neighbors reported Stephens retrieved a gun and, in what one neighbor described as defending his mother, shot Charles. Stephens fled the scene but later surrendered; he was arrested and charged with second-degree murder and booked into the McMinn County Jail on $50,000 bond.

Charles’s family later filed a wrongful death lawsuit and the civil court awarded them a settlement. Does anyone have additional details about the investigation or the civil case outcome?