Deputy Sheriff William Birl Jones, 53, was killed in the line of duty on May 11, 2006, in Roane County, Tennessee. A U.S. Army veteran with a long career in law enforcement, Deputy Jones and a 44-year-old ride-along, Gerald Michael Brown, went to serve a six-month-old aggravated assault warrant in the Ten Mile community on Barnard Narrows Road. They were ambushed as their patrol car pulled up and were met with concentrated gunfire.

A forensic pathologist testified that Deputy Jones suffered 19 gunshot wounds. Despite being grievously wounded, he returned fire, emptying his .357-caliber Glock pistol; Brown also discharged his weapon. The brothers Clifford Leon Houston and Rocky Joe Houston allegedly opened fire, and Rocky Houston was reported to have used an Egyptian version of an AK-47. One suspect was hit in the hip and sought medical treatment, leading to his immediate arrest; his brother surrendered the next day. Both were charged with two counts of first-degree murder for the deaths of Deputy Jones and Gerald Michael Brown. Trial testimony described the brothers claiming long-held grievances against local law enforcement and alleging conspiracies and jury tampering. One defendant experienced two mistrials on the charge of first-degree murder for Deputy Jones’s death and was later acquitted of the murder of Gerald Michael Brown.

Did anyone in the Ten Mile area have contact with Deputy Jones, his ride-along, or the Houston brothers around May 11, 2006?