UPDATE 5:16 p.m. Thursday
Jessica Myers, Chad Rader and Shawn Jones went before a judge in a Greene County courtroom for arraignment on first degree murder charges.
During today's court appearance, the judge appointed all three suspects attorneys and set a new court date for November 23.
During the afternoon proceedings, the defense asked a gag order be issued in the case. Judge Kenneth Bailey did not issue a decision. All bonds in this case must be approved by Judge Bailey.
The trio remains behind bars tonight.
Update at 11:15 a.m Thursday:
Three people charge with first degree murder in the death of Jimmy Lee Cutshall will go before a Greene County judge this afternoon. According to court affidavits, "The defendant(s) did knowingly participate in the remediated robbery of Jimmy Lee Cutshall. The robbery took place at the residence of Jimmy Lee Cutshall at 132 Old Wilson Hill Road in Greene County, Tennessee. During the perpetration of this robbery, Jimmy Lee Cutshall was shot and killed."
Here's information about the 3 suspects from court documents:
Shawn Anthony Jones, Burkey Road, Greeneville, TN age: 31
Jessica Myers, Scott Way Road, Afton, TN, age: 26
Chad Eric Rader, Haney Park, Greeneville, TN, age: 34
Update at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday:
The Greene County Sheriff's Office has three "persons of interest" in custody today in connection to the shooting early Tuesday. No charges have been filed.
"We expect to take the case to the district attorney, and charges may be filed later today," said Captain John Huffine who said he could not comment on a motive in the case.
Huffine said the surviving shooting victim, Rhonda Cutshall, 43, is in the Johnson City Medical Center after suffering a gunshot wound to the head.
Update 5 p.m.:
The victim of today's shooting has been identified as 54-year-old Jimmy Lee Cutshall. His wife, Rhonda Cutshall, 43, is still in serious condition after suffering a gunshot wound
Update at 9:30 a.m.:
A woman in the home called the Greene County Sheriff's Office about the burglary, and she was not the woman injured in the incident, said Sheriff Steve Burns in a phone interview with 11 Connects Digital Journalist Chris McIntosh.
11 Connects asked Sheriff Burns if this was a case of attempted murder suicide. He said that he wouldn't comment. Burns also said that the victims knew each other. "They may be married or they may have been married in the past," Burns said. "I can't speculate about that."
Update at 9:21 a.m.: The female wounded in the incident is undergoing surgery, WGRV radio reports.
Greene County Sheriff's Department investigators are at a home on 132 Old Wilson Hill Road. Officers found a man dead of a gunshot wound, and crews transported a wounded woman to Johnson City Medical Center, WGRV radio reports.
"The call came in as a intruder in the residence," said Marty Ricker, WGRV news director who interviewed officers on the scene. "When deputies got there, they found a man dead and a woman injured."
Ricker said the call from the home call just before 5:30 a.m.
While investigators haven't released specifics about the shooting, it appears they are not on the lookout for a third person who fired the gun. "Sheriff Steve Burns told me they're not looking for a suspect in the shooting," Ricker said.
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