Chance Black, 26, and Zachery Grooms, 25, were hunting ducks Monday morning on Reelfoot Lake in northwest Tennessee when David Vowell, 70, approached them and had a verbal altercation, according to Tommy Thomas, the district attorney, told ABC News.
Vowell allegedly opened fire and killed the two.
But in the end, nobody got out of there alive.
Tennesse authorities confirmed the discovery of Vowell's body on Saturday.
The body of the suspect was found around 3 p.m. in the waters of Reelfoot Lake, in Obion County, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) north of Jackson, the Office of Investigations posted on Twitter on the social network. from Tennessee.
Tennessee police during investigation at the lake Saturday.Tennessee Bureau of Investigation
The body of the alleged perpetrator of the double murder was found "near the area of the event,"
according to state authorities, requiring federal marshals, the state Wildlife Resources Agency, the Highway Patrol and the Sheriff's Office of the Obion County to track the lake and its surroundings.
An arrest warrant for Vowell was approved Tuesday based on two counts of first-degree murder.
Authorities confirmed that he had no history of criminal arrests in Tennessee.
An autopsy is scheduled to determine the cause of Vowell's death.
With information from NBC News and ABC News.