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Double murder suicide under investigation just outside McMinnville city limits

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MCMINNVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Officials in Warren County are investigating a double murder suicide that took place just outside McMinnville city limits.

The sheriff in Warren County said they are investigating the discovery of three bodies at a home in the area. According to the preliminary report, at around 2:10 p.m. on Sunday, a Warren County deputy responded to a welfare check at 264 Greenwood Drive.

Upon arrival at the scene, officers found three individuals dead.

It was determined that Joseph Nicholas Shelton, Jr. had shot and killed Randi Jean Shelton, and their 8-year-old daughter, before turning the gun on himself.

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