The 2005 Roane County Courthouse shooting, also referred to as the Kingston courthouse shooting, was the fatal shooting of a Tennessee Department of Correction transport officer, and wounding of another officer in Kingston, Tennessee, United States. The incident took place on August 9, 2005 and the shooter was Jennifer Forsyth Hyatte (born 11 February 1974). Her husband, George Hyatte, pleaded guilty to a robbery charge in the courthouse right before she pulled out the gun and started shooting. Jennifer Hyatte currently is serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole. On March 9, 2009, George Hyatte pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the 2005 fatal shooting of Correctional Officer Wayne "Cotton" Morgan, attempted first-degree murder in the wounding of Correctional Officer Larry "Porky" Harris and felony escape. He was sentenced to life in prison as part of a plea bargain to avoid the death penalty.
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