Clair CJ Parish, 64, was killed on May 15, 2024, in Bon Aqua, Tennessee, after stopping on Wayne Road to intervene in a heated altercation involving a 17-year-old he had known since kindergarten, another young male, and homeowner Danny Edward Pewitt. Parish’s wife says he asked what was happening; the homeowner allegedly punched Parish through the window of his truck and held the door shut. When the teenager pulled the assailant away, Parish exited his vehicle and warned the boy that the man had a gun.

Shots were then fired and Parish was fatally wounded at the scene. The 17-year-old suffered a gunshot wound to the arm, was treated at a hospital, and has been released. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation responded and investigators later arrested 70-year-old Danny Edward Pewitt; he was booked into the Hickman County Jail on one count of criminal homicide. The inquiry into the circumstances of the shooting remains ongoing.

Does anyone have information about the events on Wayne Road that day or knew Clair Parish and can help fill in what happened?