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Police, sheriff blame each other in Athens, TN shooting

2,569 views · Published 16 July 2013 · 0:53 · Indexed 12 November 2026

Channel: chattanooga times free press · 2013 · News & Politics

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Law enforcement agencies are blaming each other after a man was shot dead by his wife.

Athens police say an officer did his job when he told a local jailer that Robert Marshall needed a mental evaluation after he threatened to kill himself and his wife.

But officers say the McMinn County Sheriff's Office ignored the request.
Now the police department and the sheriff's office are blaming each other for not getting Marshall help hours before he left jail and was shot dead by his wife, Melissa, in self defense.
Now his family believes that if law enforcement had followed through and gotten him help, Marshall might still be alive.
McMinn County Sheriff Joe Guy says his officers are trained to identify suspects showing signs of mental illness and he says Marshall never showed a hint of problems while in the county jail.

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