Published: 5/13/2022

BREAKING - THE GILES COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT HELD A PRESS CONFERENCE FRIDAY AFTERNOON WITH AN UPDATE CONCERNING THE DEADLY SHOOTING EARLIER THIS WEEK SOUTH OF PULASKI. AT APPROXIMATELY 11:15 PM ON MAY 10TH, DEPUTIES ARRIVED AT THE SCENE ON NANCY GREEN RIDGE ROAD TO FIND DAVID PRICE SIMS, 23, OF JACKSON COUNTY, DECEASED WITH GUNSHOT WOUNDS ON THE SIDE OF THE ROADWAY. 

AFTER AN INTENSIVE INVESTIGATION INVOLVING MULTIPLE AGENCIES, LAW ENFORCEMENT NOW INDICATES THE INCIDENT WAS AN ARMED ROBBERY GONE WRONG. THERE WERE MULTIPLE OFFENDERS AND FIREARMS, WITH EVIDENCE SCATTERED ACROSS A LARGE (100 SQUARE YARD) CRIME SCENE. THE GILES COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT CONFIRMED THREE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH CAPITAL MURDER IN CONNECTION TO THIS CASE; ZANDI NIVENS OF THE SPRING HILL AREA, JOSEPH BOWEN, AND SAMUEL FULTON BOTH OF GILES COUNTY. ALL THREE OFFENDERS HAVE LENGTHY CRIMINAL RECORDS AND A HISTORY OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. ALL THREE WERE CAPTURED AND ARE BEING HELD IN LIMESTONE COUNTY PENDING CHARGES THERE. AFTERWARDS, THEY WILL BE EXTRADITED TO GILES COUNTY TO FACE THESE CHARGES.