Jeffery Kendall Barton, 58, was shot and killed on the evening of Saturday, April 5, 2026, at a residence in the 400 block of Shiloh Road in Decatur, Tennessee. Deputies from the Meigs County Sheriff’s Office found him with an apparent gunshot wound; he was taken to a local hospital and later pronounced dead. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation was asked to assist the Meigs County Sheriff’s Office and the 9th Judicial District Attorney General Russell Johnson in the subsequent inquiry.

Investigators identified Decatur resident Tyler Steven Meadows as a suspect. A warrant was obtained and Meadows was arrested and booked into the Meigs County Jail; he has been charged with Second Degree Murder. He is presumed innocent until proven guilty as the case moves through the courts.

Are there witnesses or neighbors who saw or heard anything in the area of Shiloh Road that evening who can help fill in what happened?