A Pikeville man has been charged with killing two people at Crossville and wounding two others..
John Fields, 47, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted first-degree murder.
Fields is being held in the Cumberland County Jail on a $5,000,000 bond. He is due in court next Tuesday.
The body of Lowell “Chip” Simmons II, 47, of Brewer Road, Crossville, was found on Critter Creek Road.
The body of MaKayla Laray Manning, 23, of Vandever Road, Crossville, was found at 2593 Vandever Road.
The two individuals found wounded at 2593 Vandever Road and transported to UT. Medical Center were Joseph Manning, 39, of Vandever Road, Crossville, and Eleashea lne Curry, 42 of Bee Hive Lane, Crossville.
The bodies of the murder victims have been sent for autopsies to determine the cause of death.
At approximately 5:58 p.m. Cumberland County deputies were dispatched to Critter Creek Road regarding a call from a concerned citizen about finding a body. Deputies arrived on the scene and discovered a body in a trash pile on a vacant lot.
The scene was secured and investigators from the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office and
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation were sent to the scene to conduct an investigation.
Then at approximately 10:30 p.m., another call came in concerning a shooting in the 2500 block of Vandever Road. Cumberland County Sheriff’s Deputies arrived and discovered multiple victims that had been shot at the scene.
The Tennessee Highway Patrol and Crossville Police Department also responded to the scene to assist the on-scene units.
Cumberland County Sheriff’s Investigators and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation arrived
and began to conduct the investigation.
Law enforcement units discovered two victims at the Vandever Road scene that were wounded
and one deceased. One body was found at the Critter Creek Road address.