On February 10, 2023, in Kingston, Tennessee, 24-year-old Deetta Shavesha Weaver was found in the side yard of a mobile home on De Armond Road with a fatal gunshot wound. Deputies from the Roane County Sheriff’s Office were called at about 12:30 a.m. after a report that a woman had been shot. Another woman was at the scene and was not injured.

As deputies approached the mobile home they were fired upon by a gunman inside. The shooter later identified as 53-year-old Clifford Amos Koontz fired multiple rounds at officers, then barricaded himself in the residence for nearly two hours before surrendering after telephone contact with a captain. Text messages recovered during the investigation indicated Koontz had been waiting outside for at least 30 minutes and included a message sent around 12:37 a.m. stating he had killed Weaver. When questioned after his arrest, Koontz gave conflicting explanations for the shooting.

Koontz has been charged with first-degree murder in Weaver’s death and with three counts of attempted murder of a police officer. Did anyone in the Kingston area see or hear anything that night, or have information about Weaver’s movements before the shooting?