Crime & Safety
Boyfriend Shoots Husband: One Injured In Sunday Night Brentwood Shooting [UPDATED]
Police have suspect in custody in Rossi Road shooting
Police have a suspect in custody after a 48-year-old man was shot three times in his Brentwood home Sunday night.
A married couple returned home from a trip to New York City and the husband was shot by Jeffrey Potts, apparently the wife's boyfriend. Potts was arrested and charged with aggravated assault.
BRENTWOOD SHOOTING UPDATE: Boyfriend, Jeffrey Potts, shoots girlfriend's husband after the married couple comes home from New York @NC5
— Alexandra Koehn (@NC5_AKoehn) August 15, 2016
#breaking the suspect in shooting on Rossi Road has been arrested. Police tell me the person will be charged with aggravated assault @NC5
— Alexandra Koehn (@NC5_AKoehn) August 15, 2016
According to WKRN, police say the couple, who live in separate houses, stopped by the home, which belongs to the woman, to pick up some items after the trip.
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Potts, according to police, had parked his car on a nearby street and entered the home via the garage, and shot the husband multiple times.
During an interrogation, Potts told police that the husband had threatened him several times via text and email.
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