Oak Ridge Shooting Investigation Underway

Brad Jones May 9, 2024 Featured, News Leave a comment 581 Views

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (May 8, 2024) – Oak Ridge Police are investigating a shooting that left two people injured Tuesday evening.

On Tuesday, May 7, 2024, at 5:35 p.m., Oak Ridge Police officers responded to a reported shooting on South Benedict Avenue near Spelman Avenue. Responding officers found evidence of a shooting but did not immediately locate any shooting victims at the scene.

Officer soon located two shooting victims, with gunshot wounds that weren’t life-threatening, at other locations away from the shooting scene.

Detectives with the Oak Ridge Police Department responded and began investigating. The investigation is ongoing. No further information will be released at this time.

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About Brad Jones

BBB Communications Owner/Operator Brad Jones has been part of the company since August 1996. A graduate of Coalfield High School in 1987, Brad later earned his degree from the University of Tennessee College of Communications in 1995, where he was honored with the 1995 Broadcast Production Student of the Year Award. Brad began his broadcasting career while still attending college, working at Shop at Home, Inc. from 1993 to 1995. He later worked at Via TV (RSTV, Inc.) from 1995 to 1996 before doing freelance production work in Nashville. In August 1996, he joined the staff at BBB Communications, where he has remained ever since. In 2001, Brad also spent a short time working as a news photographer for WVLT-TV while continuing his role at BBB TV. In addition to his work in local broadcasting, Brad also works part-time at Jewelry Television and works with Packman Productions on “Rivalry Thursday” during football season. Brad is married to Nicole Jenkins Jones, a 1990 graduate of Oak Ridge High School. Nicole works at Oak Ridge Gastroenterology Associates. Together they have three children: Trevor Bogard, Chandler Jones, and Naomi Jones, along with three grandchildren: Carter Bogard, Lucas Hayward, and Adalynn Reece Bogard.

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