A domestic dispute in Blaine, Tennessee ended in a fatal shooting just before 10 p.m. on August 1, 2025. Officers who responded to a Little Valley Road residence found 54-year-old Joseph Guy Crisp dead on the front porch with a fatal gunshot wound.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is leading the inquiry with help from the Grainger County Sheriff’s Department and the Rutledge Police Department. Investigators processed the scene and interviewed people who were at the home; authorities later described the shooting as domestic-related. A man who was at the residence was detained for questioning, but no charges have been filed and no arrests or public identifications of suspects have been announced.

Anyone with information about Joseph Guy Crisp, the incident on Little Valley Road that night, or who was at the residence is asked to come forward.