An investigation by special agents with the TBI and detectives with the Grundy County Sheriff’s Office has resulted in the indictment of a Beersheba Springs man on charges of reckless homicide and felon in possession of a firearm.At the request of 12th District Attorney General J. Michael Taylor, on Sept. 27, TBI special agents, working with Grundy County deputies, began investigating a shooting death in a wooded area adjacent to 920 Northcutts Cove Road in Beersheba Springs. Chad Killian, 44, was shot and subsequently died of his injuries. During the course of the investigation, agents developed information that Robin Smartt Jr., who had reportedly been hunting with the victim when the shooting occurred, was the individual responsible for Killian’s death.On Monday, the Grundy County grand jury returned an indictment charging Robin Smartt, 45, with one count of reckless homicide and one count of felon in possession of a firearm.
Beersheba man charged with homicide after man shot during hunting accident