A Tennessee man has been charged with first-degree murder and aggravated arson in connection with the shooting of a Robertson County sheriff’s deputy in Springfield, Tennessee, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.
James Jackson Conn, 27, was arrested Monday in Smyrna, Tennessee, about 50 miles southeast of where the body of Patrol Deputy Savanna Puckett, 22, was discovered, officials said in a news release.
A motive has not been released. Conn was described as “an acquaintance” of Puckett, officials said.
