On the evening of Wednesday, April 30, 2025, 43-year-old Joseph William Pennington was found inside a home in the 100 block of Highland Avenue in Church Hill, Tennessee, after reports of a shooting. Officers from the Church Hill Police Department discovered Pennington, who had been fatally shot.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation joined the Church Hill Police Department in the homicide inquiry. Investigators identified a suspect in the days after the shooting. A man named Hunter Groves turned himself in to police and was charged with second-degree murder; he was taken to the Hawkins County Jail on a $500,000 bond. The motive for the shooting has not been released.

If anyone knew Joseph William Pennington, his routines, or has information about what happened that evening, please share what you know with investigators.