On March 1, 2023, 66-year-old John Thomas Clouse was shot and killed at a residence in the 200 block of Derossett Loop in Sparta, Tennessee. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the White County Sheriff’s Office opened a joint probe at the request of the 13th Judicial District Attorney General.

Investigators identified 64-year-old acquaintance Osie Nash, Jr. as the person who shot Clouse during a confrontation and who also aimed a firearm at another man at the scene. Nash was arrested and charged with one count of Second Degree Murder and one count of Aggravated Assault, and was booked at the White County Sheriff’s Office with bond set at $300,000. The case is pending in the White County judicial system.

If anyone knew John Thomas Clouse, saw the area around Derossett Loop on March 1, 2023, or has information about the confrontation, please come forward.