Victim At Club

Was Shot 'At

Least 4 Times,'

Warrant Says

By BILL JONES

Staff Writer

A Greene County man was charged Tuesday by the Sheriff's Department with criminal attempt to commit first-degree murder in connection with a Sunday shooting outside the Hideaway Club on Bolton Road.

An arrest warrant filed by Sheriff's Detective Sgt. James Randolph said Daniel Pete Davis, 30, of 1600 Kingsport Highway, was charged in connection with an attack on Chris Brotherton, 22, of Bolton Road, who was shot "at least four times" after he exited the Hideway Club on Aug. 3.

The arrest warrant alleged that Davis waited outside the club for Brotherton to leave and then shot him.

Witnesses told deputies that Davis shot Brotherton as Brotherton was mounting his motorcycle in the club's parking lot.

After the shooting, according to the warrant, Davis fled the scene in a 1998 Dodge Durango sport utility vehicle that was later found at 1600 Kingsport Highway.

Davis had turned himself in to sheriff's deputies on Monday, Aug. 4.

Bond for Davis was set at $250,000. He was scheduled to make an initial appearance today on the charge in General Sessions Court.

Brotherton was initially treated at Laughlin Memorial Hospital and flown to the Johnson City Medical Center after the incident. Brotherton has since been released from the hospital, authorities said.