A Walker County jury on Thursday deliberated only 25 minutes before finding a former Seventh-day Adventist pastor guilty of a Rossville murder.
The jury found Christopher Bullock guilty of all charges - malice murder, felony murder and two firearms charges.
The murder convictions carry a life prison sentence.
Detectives said Bullock, who was 48 at the time of the Oct. 5, 2023, incident, shot 51-year-old Tammy Cropper, then himself. Ms. Cropper was shot three times in the master bedroom of her unit at The Woodland apartments on Park City Road.
Bullock had a large amount of blood, but was not seriously injured.
According to testimony, Ms. Cropper a short time earlier had told Bullock he needed to start paying half of the bills.
There was also testimony about a suicide try by Bullock in August 2021 and a number of comments he had made about considering it.