Welcome to Arrest Stories. An eighteen-year-old Tennessee man faces first-degree murder charges after allegedly shooting his seventeen-year-old ex-girlfriend when she tried to exit his vehicle at a traffic light. Here's what may have happened.
On Tuesday evening in Dickson, Tennessee, Hunter W. Jackson met his former girlfriend in the Kroger parking lot around eight p.m. According to authorities, Jackson and the victim had been in a relationship that recently ended before this fatal encounter.
The seventeen-year-old victim entered Jackson's vehicle, and he drove off with her inside. As they approached a traffic light, the situation turned deadly. Officials report that the victim attempted to exit Jackson's vehicle at the traffic light when she was shot and fell out of the vehicle.
Law enforcement initially responded to reports of a reckless driver, followed by a separate report of an accident near the murder scene. Jackson allegedly left the scene after the shooting occurred.
The Dickson County Sheriff's Office later arrested Jackson at a residence in White Bluff on Tuesday night. He now faces first-degree murder charges in connection with his ex-girlfriend's death.
Authorities have not readily made available the specific details regarding the victim's identity or the exact timing of when the fatal shooting occurred, describing this as a developing story.
Officials stated that Jackson has cooperated in the ongoing investigation and additional charges could be sought from the grand jury. Jackson is scheduled to appear in Dickson County General Sessions Court on January twentieth.
He is being held in the Dickson County Jail on a three million dollar bond, reflecting the serious nature of the first-degree murder charge he faces.
The case highlights a tragic end to what began as a meeting between former romantic partners in a grocery store parking lot on an otherwise ordinary Tuesday evening in Middle Tennessee.
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