COVINGTON, Tenn. — A 17-year-old was taken to the Baptist Tipton Hospital after a shooting in Covington on Monday, according to Tipton County Sheriff Shannon Beasley.
The boy was then transferred to Regional One, according to the sheriff.
Beasley said that deputies and detectives responded to the 1400 block of Whitehorn Road off of Highway 179. Beasley describes the suspect as a man in an older model of a Chevrolet or GMC stepside truck that drove away from the scene.
Anyone with any information about this case or who locates a car matching this description is asked by the sheriff to contact dispatch at (901) 475 4300. Beasley said to call 911 if the situation is an emergency.
According to Sheriff Beasley, there is no known connection between this shooting and another shooting in the area on Mt. Carmel Road.