A Tennessee man is dealing with expenses after he allegedly opened hearth on a household that was sledding within the snow, purporting that the household was on his property.
Benjamin Cook is dealing with six counts of aggravated assault in reference to the capturing, based on the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office. Additional expenses might be filed pending the end result of the investigation.
The sheriff’s workplace mentioned deputies responded to the 6300 block of Stoney River Drive on Friday following a report {that a} man was capturing at a household of six taking part in outdoors within the snow.
Benjamin Cook is dealing with six counts of aggravated assault. (Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office)
Preliminary data from the scene confirmed that the mother and father and their 4 youngsters walked down the road to go sledding down a hill of their neighborhood, deputies mentioned.
But at round 11:30 a.m., the household mentioned they heard gunshots coming from the path of a home down the hill close to the 10400 block of Birchwood Pike. The mom mentioned she noticed snow fly up from the bottom simply a few ft from her one-year-old son.
The mother and father instantly seemed within the path of the place the photographs have been coming from and yelled at a person, later recognized as Cook, to cease capturing. The man claimed the household was on his property, however the household responded that they weren’t on his property.
A person is dealing with expenses after he allegedly opened hearth on a household that was sledding within the snow. (Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office)
The household then gathered their belongings and went residence earlier than reporting the incident to authorities.
Deputies responded to the shooter’s home and spoke to Cook. They additionally obtained photos from a neighbor exhibiting Cook in matching clothes strolling via the woods carrying a black rifle slung throughout his again.
Cook was then arrested on aggravated assault charges.
An investigation additionally revealed that the household was not on Cook’s property when he started capturing. (Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office)
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An investigation additionally revealed that the household was not on Cook’s property when he started capturing.
A search warrant was executed at Cook’s residence, the place a number of rifles have been discovered inside.
