On the evening of July 4, 2025, in Winchester, Tennessee, 61-year-old John Cobb was walking with his wife near Twin Creeks Marina after a fireworks display when he suddenly collapsed. He was taken to a nearby hospital where doctors discovered he had been struck by a bullet that entered the back of his head. Cobb was declared brain dead and died on July 5, 2025; his organs were donated.

Winchester Police Department investigators say the bullet appears to have been a stray round, fired into the air from a rifle during Fourth of July celebrations and returning to earth with lethal force. Authorities appealed for anyone who saw people firing a rifle in the area between 9:10 p.m. and 9:25 p.m. that evening. No arrests or suspects have been identified.

John Cobb is remembered by family as a husband, father, and grandfather whose life ended in a senseless, random act. If anyone was in the Twin Creeks Marina area that night or has information about rifle fire between 9:10 and 9:25 p.m., please come forward.