Sheriff’s office IDs man killed in Gibson Co. homicide
GIBSON COUNTY, Tenn. — Deputies have identified a man killed in a Sunday afternoon shooting outside Humboldt.
Kenneth Wayne Vailes, 52, was found fatally wounded when deputies responded around 4:30 p.m. Sunday to a reported disturbance at a residence in the 200 block of Pleasant Hill Road, according to Chief Deputy Danny Lewis with the Gibson County Sheriff’s Department.
A person of interest in the homicide, Michael Thomason, 56, was killed Monday morning in an officer-involved shooting when investigators were searching for him on a family member’s property, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has confirmed.
Investigators say Thomason had been seen leaving a home Sunday where Vailes was found shot to death.
Deputies have not commented on the relationship between Thomason and Vailes.
