Published: 5/12/2022

GILES SHERIFF KYLE HELTON HAS RELEASED MORE INFORMATION CONCERNING A DEADLY SHOOTING THAT OCCURRED IN SOUTHERN GILES COUNTY ON TUESDAY. REPORTS INDICATE THE GILES COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO A ROADSIDE SHOOTING ON NANCY GREEN RIDGE ROAD AND WERE ON THE SCENE OVERNIGHT WITH NEARBY ROADS CLOSED TO TRAFFIC EARLY THE NEXT MORNING. THEIR INVESTIGATION TURNED UP DOZENS OF SHELL CASINGS, A GUN, AND A STOLEN FLORIDA VEHICLE. SHERIFF KYLE HELTON REPORTS ONE PERSON, DAVID SIMMS ORIGINALLY OF JACKSON COUNTY TENNESSEE, WAS CONFIRMED DEAD. THE SHOOTING WAS NOT SELF-INFLICTED. THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING AND THE SHERIFF INDICATES AN ARREST IS COMING SOON. WKSR IS FOLLOWING THIS DEVELOPING STORY.