On November 27, 2023, Jacob Alan ’Jake’ Harris, 40, of Liberty, Tennessee, was found dead in his home from an apparent gunshot wound after deputies from the Wilson County Sheriff’s Office responded to an early-morning shots fired call. Officers discovered Harris’s body upon entering the residence.

The investigation quickly identified his wife, 39-year-old Lindsay Dawn Harris, as a person of interest; she was arrested and charged with one count of first-degree murder and was booked into the Wilson County Sheriff’s Office Corrections Facility pending an initial bond hearing. The motive for the shooting has not been released.

Harris was known in the Watertown area as a father of two, an employee of Bond Construction, and a football coach. Authorities have described the incident as isolated and said there is no ongoing threat to the public. If anyone knew Jacob or has information about what happened that morning, please come forward to the investigators.